Research Catalog

Title

Bottom of the ninth : great contemporary baseball short stories / edited and with an introduction by John McNally ; with a foreword by Richard Russo.

Publication

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

McNally, John, 1965-

Description

xxiv, 234 p.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Writing baseball

Subject

• Baseball stories, American

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. xxiv).

Contents

Batting against Castro / Jim Shepard -- Death of the right fielder / Stuart Dybek -- Umpire / Kurt Rheinheimer -- The world's foremost fungo hitter watches Bugs Bunny in the Spartanburg, South Carolina, Days Inn / Josh Russell -- Wonders / Owen King -- What we all want / Leslie Pietrzyk -- The bigs / David Jauss -- The greatest slump of all time / David Carkeet -- Basepaths / Jerry Klinkowitz -- Infield / Philip F. Deaver -- Baseball / Ray Gonzalez -- Pray for rain / Kip Kotzen -- The barbarians / Patricia Highsmith -- Sunny Billy Day / Ron Carlson -- After the game / Andre Dubus -- Caught / Cris Mazza -- Gold moments and victory beer / Gordon Weaver -- The cage / Floyd Skloot -- How to write a true baseball story / Richard Peterson.

Call Number

JFD 04-15672

ISBN

• 0809325047 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0809325055 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2002010548

OCLC

50166757

Title

Bottom of the ninth : great contemporary baseball short stories / edited and with an introduction by John McNally ; with a foreword by Richard Russo.

Imprint

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2003.

Series

Writing baseball

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. xxiv).

Added Author

McNally, John, 1965-

Research Call Number

JFD 04-15672