Baseball is a game we first play as children, but love for all of our lives. This book takes you on a visual journey through the history of baseball, using more than 700 historic, evocative, emotional, and colorful photographs that bring to life the faces, places, moments, and memories that have made the game America's National Pastime. Celebrate the game with everyone from the greatest Major League stars to the youngest sandlot players. Relive the march of memories that have given baseball its constant sense of nostalgia, even as every day brings new thrills to the diamonds of the world. Baseball: A Celebration! spans the entire history of the game, from its earliest days on rough fields drawn up by determined sportsmen through the heady days of the early pro game; from the Golden Age of Babe Ruth to the magic time when New York City was the center of the baseball universe; through the color and flash of the 1960s, all the way to the sky-high home runs of Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and other stars of today. Featuring photographs drawn from the world's greatest repositories of baseball imagery, including Major League Baseball Photos and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and fact-filled narrative commentary on each photograph by veteran sportswriters James Buckley, Jr., and Jim Gigliotti, Baseball! A Celebration takes you out to the ballgame, page after glorious page.
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From Library Journal
Through a series of both little-known and easily recognized photographs, the authors (prolific sportswriters and editors) of this hefty volume present a stunning visual celebration of America's most enduring sport. For example, the first 60 pages, covering the era 1845-99, contain such treats as a series of photographs capturing early star George Wright displaying batting and fielding techniques; paired photos of Moses Fleetwood Walker, the first black major leaguer during the 19th century, and Cap Anson, who helped drive African Americans from organized baseball; and the legendary King Kelly. The rest of the book is grouped by decade, with Lou Gehrig appearing in Yankee Stadium after his consecutive games streak had ended, Ted Williams shown as a Korean War pilot, and President John F. Kennedy tossing out the ball for the Washington Senators' home opener in 1962. Somewhat greater textual analysis might have been welcomed, but the near-absolute focus on photographic representations is hard to dispute. For general libraries. R.C. Cottrell, California State Univ., Chico
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Baseball has always been a significant part of our nation's collective cultural memory. This collection of more than 800 evocative photos provides a visual context for how the game helps shape our sense of ourselves. There are photos from the World War I era showing wounded soldiers using baseball as a recuperative tool. Baseball's role as a social force is evident in the photos of Jackie Robinson as he broke the color line in 1948. Along with images evoking the off-the-field significance of baseball, there are plenty of shots celebrating on-the-field excellence: the great Yankee teams of the fifties, Cincinnati's Big Red Machine in the seventies, and the Yankees' reemergence as a dominant force in recent years. The photos not only mark historical moments but also capture emotion and individuality. There is a shot, for example, of Chicago Cub fans celebrating a rare play-off year and one of Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan powering a pitch toward home in his final season. Great for browsing--and even better for library displays. Wes Lukowsky
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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