Classic Baseball Stories

Summary: Before multimillion-dollar salaries, luxury boxes, and player strikes there existed the belief in playing simply for the love of the game. Nothing captures that spirit better than these twenty-two classic pieces about America's favorite pastime. Collected here are the writings of such greats as Ring Lardner, Zane Grey, the Giants' immortal Christy Mathewson, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Finley Peter Dunne, Burt Standi...sh, and many more. Baseball's golden era may have long since passed, but in the pages of classic Baseball Stories, you can still sit in the bleachers for a nickel. [read more]