A collection of iconic, unbelievable, and intimate stories from baseball history that celebrate the enduring impact of the national pastime.
Baseballārooted as it is in tradition and nostalgiaālends itself to the retelling of its timeless tales. So it is with the stories in Classic Baseball, a collection of articles written by award-winning journalist John Rosengren and originally published by Sports Illustrated, The New Yorker, Sports on Earth, VICE Sports, and other magazines. These are stories about the game's legendsāTy Cobb, Christy Mathewson, Josh Gibson, Bob Feller, Frank Robinson, Sandy Koufax, Kirby Puckettāand its lesser-knowns with extraordinary stories of their own. They cover some of the game's most famous moments, like Hank Aaron hitting No. 715, and some you've never heard of, like the time the Ku Klux Klan played a game against an all-Black team.
Whether it be the story of John Roseboro forgiving Juan Marichal for clubbing him in the head with a bat, Elston Howard breaking down the Yankees' systemic racism to integrate America's team, or the national pastime played on snowshoes during July in a remote Wisconsin town, these are stories meant to be read and read again for their poignancy, their humor, and their celebration of baseball.

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1Table of contents
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- Chapter 1 IMMORTAL MOMENTS
- Chapter 2 BASEBALL DURING WARTIME
- Chapter 3 PERSONALITIES
- Chapter 4 BALTIMORE CHOPS
- Chapter 5 FOR LOVE OF THE GAME
- Chapter 6 IN JACKIEāS MEMORY
- Chapter 7 THE WORLD SERIES
- INDEX
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR