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...book is at its best when it describes life in the bushes. Wolff brings us to the eal heartland of America, the small, rural cities and towns that comprise minor leagues. The setting is right out of the 20s, with the ballpark just down the street from the fans' homes and freight trains passing just beyond the outfield fences. He takes us to a simpler, more remote era, when baseball really was the national pastime...
...reader realizes that not every professional ballpark is a Fenway Park, with neatly manicured grass and perfectly groomed infield dirt. Instead, the reader is confronted with Anderson County Stadium, where the infield is as hard as cement, and the outfield looks as though a bunch of kids had just finished having a rock fight...
...ballpark early (10 a.m.), before the gates were even open. Between the Kenmore subway stop and the bleacher gates, Sam, a friend of mine who had come all the way from South Carolina to watch the game, had already bought two Red Sox hats, a pennant, a bumper sticker, a coke and a Fenway frank. He was also appropriately dressed in a Bosox red sweater and navy blue pants. He did withstand the temptation to get the other items being sold, which ranged from buttons with a picture of the gold dust twins (Lynn and Rice) to a World Series...
...thing, Lee's left arm is fine again after a little sorness and basically he's a ground-ball pitcher," Johnson explained. "He also has been a consistent winner in our ballpark...
Wise will start in the third game in Cincinnati next Tuesday night, Johnson said. "He is a high-ball pitcher and should do better in their big ballpark and on their artificial turf. Cleveland is a sinker-ball pitcher and that causes a shaky situation...