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The following is a list of stories written by Stuart McLean featuring his popular fictional characters "Dave and Morley" from the radio program The Vinyl Cafe.First read on air in 1994, many of the stories were eventually compiled in book form, followed by audio recording compilations from the program.
The book discussed Finch's "brief re-commitment to baseball", [8] in which stories of Sadaharu Oh and Steve Dalkowski, as well as Finch's girlfriend, inspire Finch to stick with baseball, and he reaches Major League Baseball with the Mets. [4] In April 2015, ESPN released a documentary on its 30 for 30 Shorts program [14] about the Sidd Finch ...
Calico Joe is John Grisham's first baseball novel.It was released on April 10, 2012. The book's style mixes fact and fiction - introducing fictional players into well-known actual teams such as the New York Mets and the Chicago Cubs and lets them interact with actual people such as Yogi Berra, while letting dramatic fictional baseball matches take place in actual stadiums.
These nine stories from Kinsella all have the same general themes, centering on baseball, human nature, and the mystical. The title story is about an undrafted college player's attempt to go pro. He catches on with a minor league team in a small Iowa town, where the atmosphere is light and the citizens welcoming. However, something isn't right ...
Blockade Billy is a 2010 novella by Stephen King.It tells the story of William "Blockade Billy" Blakely, a fictional baseball catcher who briefly played for the New Jersey Titans [1] during the 1957 season.
Booklist, in its review of Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues, wrote "This book goes far beyond the few familiar photographs and names most readers associate with the Negro Baseball Leagues, and it makes the trip in style." [1] Black Diamond has also been reviewed by The Horn Book Magazine, [2] and Book Report. [3]
The essay chronicles the 1989 season for his son Owen's Little League baseball team, Bangor West. [2] He takes the reader through the ups and downs of the season, giving details of every game, as well as practice sessions and time on the road while focusing on the reactions of the players and the coaches.
He has a passion for baseball and wins two tickets to a minor-league baseball game via a radio competition. Going to the game with his babysitter, they become separated when Felix learns that the opposing team has a Cuban player, believing that he might be able to share information about Felix's father, a famous baseball player on the Cuban ...