Poetry can be fun--especially these down-to-earth, vividly imagined poems that tell stories about baseball: what it feels like to love, play, and watch the game as a kid and as an adult. In unrhymed, direct language, the poet tells what it's like to bat, play the fielding positions, or be part of the game in other ways: as an umpire, manager, bat boy, groundsman, coach, or simply a fan. Twenty-one drawings of players in action by an expert illustrator make this rousing book ever more lively, pulling you in as you read. As Peter Magowan, President and Managing General Partner of the San Francisco Giants says, in his Foreword to the book, Anyone who knows and loves baseball will enjoy this remarkable collection of poems. Says Brian Doyle, former NY Yankees/Oakland A's infielder, I couldn't put the book down: I could see, smell, and feel each scene. The Pitch is on the Way delves deep into baseball's attraction in American life, so that even non-fans like award-winning writer Nancy Etchemendy, are left longing for summer and the ballpark. Don't miss this terrific gift for yourself, for the baseball and poetry fans in your life, and for anyone who loves good stories well told.
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Anyone who knows and loves baseball will enjoy this remarkable collection of poems by Dan Liberthson. I recommend The Pitch is on the Way to anybody who believes, as I do, that life is so much better when baseball is part of it. --Peter A. Magowan, President and Managing General Partner of the San Francisco Giants
Liberthson does for baseball what Robert Frost did for New England. Though I'm not a baseball fan, I am captivated by the game's mystique and its ability to stir the soul. The Pitch is on the Way distills this magic so powerfully that it leaves me longing for summer and the ballpark. Don't miss this chance to share a gifted poet's impressions of the game he loves. --Nancy Etchemendy, Award-winning author and poet
I could not put this book down. The insight is incredible! I could see, smell, and feel each scene, be there in every poem. Dan Liberthson has poetically found the essence of our great game. I had a huge grin on my face while reading each and every poem. --Brian Doyle, New York Yankees and Oakland A's star infielder (1978-81)
Liberthson does for baseball what Robert Frost did for New England. Though I'm not a baseball fan, I am captivated by the game's mystique and its ability to stir the soul. The Pitch is on the Way distills this magic so powerfully that it leaves me longing for summer and the ballpark. Don't miss this chance to share a gifted poet's impressions of the game he loves. --Nancy Etchemendy, Award-winning author and poet
I could not put this book down. The insight is incredible! I could see, smell, and feel each scene, be there in every poem. Dan Liberthson has poetically found the essence of our great game. I had a huge grin on my face while reading each and every poem. --Brian Doyle, New York Yankees and Oakland A's star infielder (1978-81)
About the Author
Dan Liberthson, a lifelong baseball fan, has a PhD in English literature from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Born in Rochester, New York, he has lived in San Francisco since 1978. Dan writes and carefully polishes poems and books of poetry because this allows him to experience life more intensely and to share this excitement with others. A fan of the minor league Rochester Red Wings as a kid, Dan now follows the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics. He has published widely in poetry journals, including the baseball magazines Elysian Fields Quarterly and Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine. The Pitch is on the Way is Dan's tribute to baseball, a game he grow up with and continues to love. He is also is the author of A Family Album, a book of poems that describes the joys and heartaches of growing up in a perfectionist Jewish immigrant family with a schizophrenic sister. For further information about Dan's poetry, please visit his website, Liberthson.com.
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