This anecdotal history of baseball is a gem. Musings—both personal and historical—are intertwined with snippets of Americana, dashes of history, and cultural observations by an urban anthropologist. Flip through the book and randomly read about pissing in the Wrigley Field troughs, Allan Dulles’ CIA coups, bubble gum and tobacco rituals, the politics of facial hair, …
“When I read this book I was not a baseball fan—didn’t understand the allure. But after reading this WWII-set novel, I finally undstood what it means to fans. A wonderful coming-of-age novel with dashes of the “Frankenstein” myth, Brittle Innings is a must for baseball fans (or not).” —Vlad, Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, …
Say you own a small shop of some sort and you’re a baseball fan and your team’s game is on the radio and your star pitcher is throwing a perfect game through six innings and it’s an afternoon game so the shop is open. Small means you have no employees and you pride yourself on …
