2007 ELYSIAN FIELDS QUARTERLY BASEBALL JOURNAL

Description: 2007 ELYSIAN FIELDS QUARTERLY BASEBALL JOURNAL VOL. 24, NO. 3 Cover photo: Derek Jeter waiting on deck at Yankee Stadium, by Sally Mars (www.sallymars.com) Highlights: Don Dewey recalls the undying connection between Ebbets Field and Brooklyn Dodgers fans in "The Ebbets Community"; Frank Jackson remembers original New York Met, Jay Hook, who earned the team's first-ever victory in 1962; Anne Aronson covers the thriving women's game overseas ("Leveling the Playing Field: Women's Baseball in Australia"); and Michael Shurgot reminds us of the relentless power of baseball curses in "The Babe, the Goat, and the Seattle Mariners." Also, Tony Consiglio's "Batboy at the 1936 World Series," a photo essay of snapshots that include Hall of Famers Joe DiMaggio, Tony Lazzeri, Lou Gehrig, Carl Hubbell, Red Ruffing, Bill Terry, and Joe McCarthy; an interview with Memo Luna, who claimed that Eddie Stanky's hatred of Mexicans kept him from a major league career; Ernest "Bunny" Taliaferro, one of the all-time great schoolboy athletes to come out of Springfield, Massachusetts; Michael Carey's memories of Alaska's Griffin Park in the 1950s; and The Little Big Men, the Monterrey, Mexico youngsters who in 1957 became the first non-US team to capture the Little League World Series. Fiction: Markham Johnson's "First Game" (a quirky hurler with a tricky pitch up his sleeve) and "In Search of Native Secrets," the conclusion of the Portsider's three-part saga about the lost balls of baseball (or something like that). Poetry includes Eric Marks's "Casey at Der Bat," a hilarious version of the famous baseball poem; Laura LeHew's "Showing Thong"; Paul Felsch's "Scouting the Gentleman Killer" (Stan Musial); John Bargowski's "Derek Jeter Rookie Card"; and Daniel Bronson's "Oscar Charleston's Lament." Book reviews: Money Pitcher: Chief Bender and the Tragedy of Indian Assimilation; Branch Rickey: Baseball's Ferocious Gentleman; Spalding's World Tour; and Sal Maglie: Baseball's Demon Barber: Also, the All-Exemplary team, the EFQ Quotation Quiz, and much more! Volume 24, Number 3. Length: 112 pages. 6x9" format. Note: From 1992 through 2008, Elysian Fields Quarterly was the preeminent 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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