Description: Cover features "The Scooter," Phil Rizzuto, the Yankees' Hall-of-Fame shortstop who was interviewed for this issue. Highlights: Former Major Leaguer John Poff's fine piece on the fragility of a baseball career (entitled "Please Release Me"), Larry Baldassaro's conversation with the effusive "Scooter" Phil Rizutto, Talmage Boston's historical portrait of underrated manager Bill McKechnie and the 1939 Reds, Jack Harshman's lively review of the National League's little known baseball history in New England, and Brian Glassman's first-hand accounts of the "end" at Cleveland's Municipal stadium and "the beginning" at Jacob's Field. The issue also includes fictional accounts by John Azrak (the poignant "During a Rain Delay," about a husband and wife coping with grief), Josh Russell (about a ballplayer whose girl friend is leaving him), and R.C. Binstock (bittersweet memories of a father evoked while visiting the Hall of Fame); poetry "The Pharmacist" and "Fading Star"; Peter Bjarkman on the "boom industry" in "Women and Baseball" histories; and book reviews of Baseball and Men's Lives, The Era 1947-57, and Harry Hooper: An American Baseball Life. Volume 13, Number 3. Length: 112 pages. Note: From 1992 through 2008, Elysian Fields Quarterly was the pre-eminent journal of baseball literature and culture--a beautiful 6x9 perfect-bound publication packed with articles, essays, poetry, fiction, book reviews, humor, fantasy lineups, quirky illustrations, and a great deal more. Like its predecessor, The Minneapolis Review of Baseball, EFQ featured contributors ranging from accomplished academics to first-time writers, and forged a special niche among readers that wasn't dependent on mainstream sportswriters or pundits to give it credibility. Although the publication went on hiatus in 2008, perhaps a comeback might still be around the corner. Issue is in new condition, leftover from unsold original inventory. Visit www.efqreview.com for more details about the journal and to read sample articles. Thanks for your interest in this item, and please check out our other listings.
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Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Topic: Baseball
Publication Name: Elysian Fields Quarterly
Publication Year: 1994
