And at the same time, you had the dramatic contrast with the slugging Orioles, Red Sox, and Harvey's Wallbanger Brewers. More than any one style, I enjoyed to multitude of styles available during my youth. It was perhaps best exemplified in the Big Red Machine, that had guys who could fly (Griffey), guys who could slug (Bench, Perez), guys who slapped singles (Rose), and guys who did it all (Morgan).
Absolutely. As I mentioned earlier, I spent last year's pandemic Frankenseason ignoring the universal Neanderthal hitterball games and reading a stack of books about baseball from the 1880s onward, including biographies of Ty Cobb, George Sisler, Honus Wagner, Home Run Baker, Bob Feller, Cy Young - you get the idea. I loved the hardscrabble game those guys player and would love to see it come back. The description of the game so vividly portrayed in "A Terrible Beauty," THE best of the Cobb biographies, totally captivated me. I would trade my little brother for a time machine to go back and watch just one of them.
But then, I would trade my little brother for a bottle of sinus rinse.
You won't be disappointed. It's one of my favorite books about the deadball era - exhaustively researched and crisply written. Can't recommend it enough.
The turf was ugly and a knee-killer, but boy were those teams with speedy outfielders like the Cards and Royals fun.
And at the same time, you had the dramatic contrast with the slugging Orioles, Red Sox, and Harvey's Wallbanger Brewers. More than any one style, I enjoyed to multitude of styles available during my youth. It was perhaps best exemplified in the Big Red Machine, that had guys who could fly (Griffey), guys who could slug (Bench, Perez), guys who slapped singles (Rose), and guys who did it all (Morgan).
Agreed, the diversity of styles was a big plus.
Absolutely. As I mentioned earlier, I spent last year's pandemic Frankenseason ignoring the universal Neanderthal hitterball games and reading a stack of books about baseball from the 1880s onward, including biographies of Ty Cobb, George Sisler, Honus Wagner, Home Run Baker, Bob Feller, Cy Young - you get the idea. I loved the hardscrabble game those guys player and would love to see it come back. The description of the game so vividly portrayed in "A Terrible Beauty," THE best of the Cobb biographies, totally captivated me. I would trade my little brother for a time machine to go back and watch just one of them.
But then, I would trade my little brother for a bottle of sinus rinse.
"A Terrible Beauty" Thanks for reminding me! I have to revisit that (got a new e reader and a little more time recently)
You won't be disappointed. It's one of my favorite books about the deadball era - exhaustively researched and crisply written. Can't recommend it enough.