ELYSIAN FIELDS QUARTERLY BASEBALL JOURNAL - WASHINGTON SENATORS & NATIONALS LOT

Description: ELYSIAN FIELDS QUARTERLY BASEBALL JOURNAL LOT - WASHINGTON SENATORS & NATIONALS Volume 17, Number 3. Length: 96 pages. 6x9" format. Covers features Hall of Famer Bucky Harris, "boy wonder" player-manager of the 1924 World Champion Washington Senators.Highlights: A revealing interview with longtime NBC commentator Bob Costas on his new book (Fair Ball) and other baseball matters is the "plum" in this issue, but there's also lots of other great stuff, including a cover story by Bruce Markusen and Ron Visco on the 1924 Washington Senators' remarkable Game 7 World Series victory; terrific fiction about a troubled relationship ("Batting Cleanup" by Ben Greenman) and a superhero ballplayer ("Sarah, Sarah" by novelist Gordon McAlpine); a wonderful, nostalgic look back at baseball in Philadelphia where a kid living in the row houses behind Shibe Park could actually watch the exciting World Championship Athletic teams from "Bleachers in the Bedroom"; a poignant look at the tragedy and simplicity of baseball in Nicaragua; a new stat by Matt Baron for evaluating home run prowess ("The Home Run Power Ratio"); the hypocrisy behind the planned trashing of Fenway Park; Staff Writer's hilarious recollection of his final game; the All-Shakespeare team; fine poetry by Bob Jacob, Craig Paulenich, Linda Kittell, and others; and book reviews of Dizzy and the Gas House Gang, The Goose is Loose, and John Holway's The Baseball Astrologer and Other Weird Tales.Volume 22, Number 3. Length: 96 pages. 6x9" format. Cover features Washington Nationals' Livan Hernandez on the mound for the home opener, shaking hands with former Washington Senators' pitcher Dick Bosman.Highlights: Ted Leavengood pens our cover article about the return of baseball to the Nation's Capital; Neil deMause laments George Steinbrenner's plan to demolish historic Yankee Stadium; Doug Bukowski relates his daughter's quest to play youth baseball in "Softball by Gender, Baseball by Choice"; Michelle Valois recalls her grandmother's cherished "Good Radio for Baseball"; and sports historian Stanley Arnold details "The Rise of Black Professional Baseball in Philadelphia, 1850–1910."Memoir includes Glen Singer's boyhood tales of the lowly St. Louis Browns and Vietnam vet Stephen Banko's fond recollections of his time as Thurman Munson's 1969 army teammate. Fiction includes Misha Angrist's wonderful story ("Venn Diagram") about a disaffected Jewish kid in Pittsburgh who finds guidance in Dock Ellis's rebellious ways, and Staff Writer's hilarious account of what happens when modern technology collides with baseball at a poultry plant ("A Chicken Pluckin' Like No Other"). Fine poetry includes Rita Moe's "Knothole Days" (the first trip to a ballpark) and Dale Ritterbusch's "Fred Haney Mismanages History" (remembering Brave slugger Joe Adcock). Also, the All-Space Team, and book reviews of Baseball Before We Knew It, Breaking into Baseball, Mental Toughess, 3 Days in August, and Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning. Volume 22, Number 4. Length: 96 pages. 6x9" format.Cover features Neil Robinson of the Negro Leagues' Memphis Red Sox.Highlights: Glenn Stout recounts the real facts behind the alleged "Curse of the Bambino," a tale of anti-Semitism rather than Babe Ruth being sold to the Yankees to finance the play No, No, Nanette. Other highlights include Mike Shaler's suggestion that expansion to 48 teams is in baseball's best interest; a poignant tale of returning to baseball after leukemia ("Back on the Field" by Matt Tullis); and a wonderful fictional story of a young woman a la Ila Borders who makes it to the minor leagues ("Casey on the Mound" by Marshall Cook). Memoir includes noted baseball author (of If I Never Get Back fame) Darryl Brock's tale of watching the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" on a black & white TV as a young boy in L.A., and Glen Singer's memories of the amazing 1957 summer of the Milwaukee Brave "Hurricane" Hazle. The always hilarious Staff Writer is in fine form with "Field of Screams," a story about what happens when Hollywood, bad script writing, and baseball collide on a corn field in Iowa, while fine poetry includes Ron Visco's "The Village Umpire" (after Longfellow) and David Hickey's "The Afterlives of Ted Williams,"which posits the results of cloning Teddy Ballgame. Also, the All-Metropolitan Team, and book reviews of Negro League Baseball(featuring the wonderful photography of Ernest Withers), Praying for Gil Hodges, Satchel Paige's America, The Book on the Book, and The American Indian Integration of Baseball.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 original publisher inventory.Visit www.efqreview.com for more details about the journal and to read sample articles.Always happy to combine shipping on multiple orders!Thanks for your interest in this item, and please check out our other listings.

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