{"product_id":"growing-up-with-baseball-gary-land-9780803229754","title":"Growing Up with Baseball: How We Loved and Played the Game","description":"Long, leisurely summer days playing pick-up games in the neighborhood sandlot; that first, awe-inspiring glimpse of a major league field; playing catch in the backyard; collecting baseball cards; pouring over box scores--for many, baseball is the stuff of an American childhood. The thirty personal recollections in this book reflect the great variety of this uniquely American experience as well as the common spirit that unites all fans of baseball. \u003cp\u003eAn anecdotal history of America's pastime from the 1930s to the 1990s, \u003ci\u003eGrowing Up with Baseball\u003c\/i\u003e shows us how it was watched, played, and lived not by superstar athletes and multimillionaire owners but by everyday people. A missionary's son learns to read by comparing the sports reports in \u003ci\u003eTime Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e with Mel Allen's announcing over Armed Forces Radio; a young girl reaches puberty at approximately the same time that the Red Sox get their \"impossible dream\" pennant; boys gather by day to play ball on an old Pittsburgh tennis court, then camp there at night while listening to the Pirates on the radio; a young man encounters the Fogarty brothers, of Credence Clearwater Revival, on the sandlots of Berkeley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are the moments of youthful innocence and coming of age in America, from the big leagues to the backyard to the tabletop game and baseball solitaire, all narrated with the warmth and spirit that are part of baseball's enduring charm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Land\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803229755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803229754\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 5.98w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/02\/2004","brand":"Gary Land","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48013789069567,"sku":"9780803229754","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a2fcf96-4794-485e-b1c7-ebc6bc1ffa9d.jpg?v=1767744775","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/growing-up-with-baseball-gary-land-9780803229754","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}