Tales from the Ballpark: More of the Greatest True Baseball Stories Ever Told (Baseball Tales) [Hardcover]

Mike Shannon (Author)

Book Description

Series: Baseball Tales | Publication Date: April 1999

Tales from the Ballpark follows on the very successful heels of Mike Shannon's successful Tales from the Dugout. In this entirely new collection, Shannon continues to delight the baseball fanatic with memorable anecdotes from the greatest American pastime, including stories about Ted Williams, Mo Vaughn, and Tommy Lasorda among others. Tales from the Ballpark tells the stories behind the game that will make fans laugh and sometimes, cry.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Mike Shannon is the editor of Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine and the author of five baseball books.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Contemporary Books (April 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0809227711
• ISBN-13: 978-0809227716
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,800,721 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mike Shannon is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine(www.spitballmag.com), established in 1981, and the author of 16 baseball books. A life-long Willie Mays and S.F. Giants fan, he was given the 2009 Tony Salin Memorial Award by the Baseball Reliquary. A graduate of Bishop Kenny High School (Jacksonville, FL), N.C. Wesleyan College, and Xavier University, Mike lives in Cincinnati, OH with his wife, the beautiful Kathleen Dermody Shannon, and their five grown children: Meg, Casey, Mickey, Babe, and Nolan Ryan. He also writes a monthly column on baseball collectibles for Reds Report and has covered the Hall of Fame Inductions in Cooperstown, NY every year since 1986 with his best buddy, baseball writer Mark Schraf. Mike has never met a baseball fan he didn't like!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the funniest baseball stories I've ever read., August 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Tales from the Ballpark: More of the Greatest True Baseball Stories Ever Told (Baseball Tales) (Hardcover)

Tales from the Dugout was funny, but this book is even funnier. Other things I love about this book: you can read it a little at a time and not worry about losing your place in it; these are stories I haven't read in all my other baseball books; and it's PG, which means my kids can read it too.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars two for two, May 9, 2000

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Mark W. Schraf (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tales From the Ballpark : More of the Greatest True Baseball Stories Ever Told (Paperback)

Shannon has done it again. How often do we read baseball anecdote books, only to skip 3/4 of the stories, having already read them elsewhere. Well, it won't happen with Mike Shannon's books! It's clear that solid research has resulted in stories that are always unique and usually hilarious. I loved it, and you will too. Check out Tales From The Dugout, too. you won't be disappointed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Simply put - a fun book!, July 2, 2001

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ROBERT KINGSLEY (Fort Collins, Colorado USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tales From the Ballpark : More of the Greatest True Baseball Stories Ever Told (Paperback)

TALES FROM THE BALLPARK is a quick read that contains poignant, funny, sad, and informative stories. All of the tales are short (one or two pages) and cover a wide range of subjects - stories about fans, the minors, umpires, old players and modern players.

If you are looking for an in depth book about baseball, this one isn't for you. But if you just want to be entertained for an evening, I would heartily recommend this book.