{"product_id":"the-sabr-review-of-books-volume-2-a-forum-of-baseball-literary-opinion-paperback","title":"The Sabr Review of Books, Volume 2: A Forum of Baseball Literary Opinion - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSociety for American Baseball Research (\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this issue . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf experiencing the game of baseball were limited to actual participation or in-person attendance, the sport would mean much less to all of us that it does. Because we \u003cb\u003eread\u003c\/b\u003e about the game, we can enjoy it long after the fact, and in a whole new form: digested, chewed, analyzed, stat-icized. The electronic media have also played a big part -- letting up be there for games many miles too far for a drive. This two-sided richness of enjoying baseball is at the two-sided center of this edition of \u003ci\u003eThe SABR Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe SABR Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003eis here to provide literary opinion, so we begin with a survey of a blue-ribbon panel of baseball writers and researchers, asking the question, What books would constitute the essential baseball library? We compiled the results and added the comments of the participants. What we got is an intriguing forum that sounds like a SABR bull session -- full of savvy and conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe recent release of several books on or about baseball broadcasting is the other main section of this issue. First is Curt Smith's magnum opus, \u003ci\u003eVoices of the Game\u003c\/i\u003e. It's the first full-scale history of broadcasters and broadcasting. Accompanying that review are views of books by two characters who played big roles themselves in Smith's book: Jack Brickhouse and Ernie Harwell. Joep Oppenheimer reviews the former, Jim O'Donnell the latter. Then we asked videophile and sports broadcaster himself, Bill Borst, to review the baseball videos now available.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaseball's literary legacy is much more than histories and narratives. It has spawned major works in both fiction and poetry. Yet while the wedding between baseball and poetry has been fruitful, baseball fiction often leaves an unfulfilled feeling. Why is that? We asked Luke Salisburgy, who has tackled the challenge of writing baseball fiction himself, why it's so goshdarned tough to do well. Poet Ira Stone provides us with a \"Mediation\" on the linkage of baseball and poetry, advising that \"These poets did not seek to write about baseball. . . . These poets surprised themselves in creating poems wrapped in the mythology of baseball . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComparisons seem to be at the heart of nearly any baseball discussion, so it's only fair that two articles in this issue start with that premise. Adie Suehsdorf reviews \u003ci\u003eSay It Ain't So, Joe \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eOne Last Round for the Shuffler, \u003c\/i\u003etwo works that treat similar baseball characters: one a legend for his faults, the other barely a memory. For the first issue of \u003ci\u003eThe SABR Review\u003c\/i\u003e Frank Phelps was asked to review Anton Grobani's Baseball Biography, and he did, but between contribution and publication, we got word of a \"new and better\" bibliography, this one by Myron Smith. So we asked Frank to review it. The result is a side-by-side comparison of the two. Must reading for baseball bibliophiles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlways fascinating are those behind-the-scenes looks at the game that go beyond clubhouse chatter, into the worlds of power and prestige. Merritt Clifton analyzes what the notorious Bowie Kuhn said about himself in \u003ci\u003eHardball\u003c\/i\u003e, and Don Warfield's book on Larry MacPhail is discussed by Philip Bergen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis issue's \"personal favorite\" feature looks lovingly at \u003ci\u003ePitching in a Pinch\u003c\/i\u003e, by Christy Mathewson. Rob Johnson even explains how he spent years searching for a copy of it he could call his own. And we all know that feeling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut that's far from all: we have reviews of Joe Durso's \u003ci\u003eBaseball and the American Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, by Darrell Berger; Pete Cava on \u003ci\u003eThe Dixie Association; \u003c\/i\u003eLawrence Rubin squares off with \u003ci\u003eThe Sporting News\u003c\/i\u003e on their \"Fifty Greatest Games\"; Glenn Stout discusses Maury Allen's \u003ci\u003eMaris\u003c\/i\u003e; and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 9.02 x 6.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 1987\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772898574624,"sku":"9780910137270","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/da61c61b8f02fa1d9374eaa5314f1428.webp?v=1780416326","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-sabr-review-of-books-volume-2-a-forum-of-baseball-literary-opinion-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}