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Originally Posted by Déjà Bru
My thanks to you guys for this suggestion. Primary reason: Yet again, but I swear that this time it will be the last time for quite some time, I find myself slogging through the Dead Ball Era in my historical MLB / fictional player league. I need something to lighten the mood / change my perspective and perhaps this book is it.
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"[Lawrence] Ritter got the idea for the book in 1961 upon the death of Ty Cobb, who had been widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the game's history. He was also influenced by the works of John and Alan Lomax, who traveled the country in the 1930s and 1940s with tape recorders seeking out old and almost forgotten American folk songs.
"Ritter realized that those who played baseball in the early years of the 20th century were now old men, and he resolved to interview as many of them as he could in order to record their memories. Ritter travelled 75,000 miles to interview his subjects, sitting for hours listening to them tell their tales into his tape recorder. The book retells their stories in the first-person, as they were told to Ritter." |
And when you are finished reading this (for the first time!) Remember to move onto THE IMAGE OF THEIR GREATNESS. Tons of photos not included in the first book, but not as many great stories.
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