2005 ELYSIAN FIELDS QUARTERLY BASEBALL JOURNAL

Description: EFQ's Special Edition 45th issue; cover features Boston's historic Fenway Park. Highlights: Tom Larsen, a longtime Phillies fan, recounts an incredible day at the Vet with his manic depressive brother in a tale entitled, "The Old Ball Game"; ballpark columnist Neil deMause weighs in on the heartening decision of the Red Sox to stay put in Fenway; Cathy Brown writes about the "Golden Oldies," like her grandpa, who still play baseball into their seventies and eighties; Steve Shymanik offers an intriguing critique of Michael Lewis's bestselling Moneyball; Billy O'Callaghan, a native of Cork, Ireland, gives a delightful foreign perspective on the national pastime; and Robert Lee Mahon describes the loneliest position in baseball with a memoir entitled "The Right Fielder." Our historical essay focuses on the Federal League challenge of the vaunted reserve clause in 1914 (by attorney Patrick Mears), and Bonnie Thompson's "Can of Corn," about the intertwining of love, baseball, and relationships is a marvelous story that you won't want to miss. There's also a photo essay of Fenway Park by Ben Wizansky; fine poetry about pitchers, missed signs, the "madness of first baseman," knothole days, and the secret language of baseball; the humor of "The Portsider,"; the regular quotation and trivia quizzes; book reviews of Juiced; September Swoon; Luckiest Man; and The Sizzler; and the much anticipated announcement of the 2004 Dave Moore Award winner. Volume 22, Number 2. Length: 112 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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