2005 ELYSIAN FIELDS QUARTERLY BASEBALL JOURNAL

Description: Cover features Washington Nationals' Livan Hernandez on the mound for the home opener, shaking hands with former Washington Senators' pitcher Dick Bosman. Highlights: Ted Leavengood pens our cover article about the return of baseball to the Nation's Capital; Neil deMause laments George Steinbrenner's plan to demolish historic Yankee Stadium; Doug Bukowski relates his daughter's quest to play youth baseball in "Softball by Gender, Baseball by Choice"; Michelle Valois recalls her grandmother's cherished "Good Radio for Baseball"; and sports historian Stanley Arnold details "The Rise of Black Professional Baseball in Philadelphia, 1850–1910." Memoir includes Glen Singer's boyhood tales of the lowly St. Louis Browns and Vietnam vet Stephen Banko's fond recollections of his time as Thurman Munson's 1969 army teammate. Fiction includes Misha Angrist's wonderful story ("Venn Diagram") about a disaffected Jewish kid in Pittsburgh who finds guidance in Dock Ellis's rebellious ways, and Staff Writer's hilarious account of what happens when modern technology collides with baseball at a poultry plant ("A Chicken Pluckin' Like No Other"). Fine poetry includes Rita Moe's "Knothole Days" (the first trip to a ballpark) and Dale Ritterbusch's "Fred Haney Mismanages History" (remembering Brave slugger Joe Adcock). Also, the All-Space Team, and book reviews of Baseball Before We Knew It, Breaking into Baseball, Mental Toughess, 3 Days in August, and Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning. Volume 22, Number 3. 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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