Description: 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. Volume 22, Number 4. Length: 96 pages. 6x9" format. 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 unsold original inventory. Visit www.efqreview.com for more details about the journal and to read sample articles. Thanks for your interest in this item, and please check out our other listings.
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Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Topic: Baseball
Publication Name: Elysian Fields Quarterly
Publication Year: 2005
