Research Catalog

Title

My baseball diary / James T. Farrell ; new foreword by Joseph Durso.

Author

Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979.

Publication

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1998.

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Details

Description

xxv, 276 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

"First published in 1957, My Baseball Diary chronicles James T. Farrell's enduring passion for the game, from his earliest baseball memory at the age of six through his reminiscences of his first World Series game in 1917 to his later meetings with and recollections of Hall of Famers Ray Schalk, Eddie Collins, Red Faber, Ty Cobb, and Gabby Hartnett."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Writing baseball

Uniform Title

Writing baseball

Subject

• Baseball
• baseball (field sport)

Note

• Originally published: New York : A.S. Barnes, 1957.

Contents

Memories of a baseball boyhood -- A dollar to spend -- Playing ball as a boy -- A back yard ball game -- A letter to Connie Mack -- I see some games -- My grandmother goes to Comiskey Park -- Ed Walsh pitches a no-hit game -- My first World Series game -- A workout in the park -- My first uniformed team -- A player loses confidence -- A game in the park -- The debate -- I remember the Black Sox -- The perfect catcher -- Baseball players called her Ma -- On baseball scouts -- Miscellany -- School-days: diamond-type -- Buck Weaver's last interview -- Death of an idol -- Red Faber -- Stuffy McInnis -- A visit to Cooperstown -- Ty Cobb -- The fans' "inalienable" right -- It's either fun or compulsion -- Gabby Hartnett -- What I think of the Dodgers -- From Washington Park to the Big Leagues.

ISBN

• 0809321890
• 9780809321896

LCCN

97043794

OCLC

• ocm37966273
• 37966273
• SCSB-576426

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library