Article: Extra innings. (Paperback Fiction).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)

Article: Extra Innings: Writing on Baseball. (Book ...
Nine;  March 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Richard Peterson. Extra Innings: Writing on Baseball. Urbana ... Cloth, $29.95. Throughout Extra Innings Richard Peterson masterfully negotiates ... promise. The thematic crux of Extra Innings is that all texts (fiction and ...

Article: A champions' match, played on the brink of war Book ...
International Herald Tribune;  June 25, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... 25-2009 A champions' match, played on the brink of war Book Review Byline: Liz Robbins The New York Times Edition: 1 Section ... his own writing can be strained (he calls extended sets "extra innings" and says that "Gottfried drank Weimar Berlin in like the ...

Article: BOOK REVIEW: Mitch Albom's 'Tuesdays with Morrie'
University Wire;  September 1, 1999 ;     460 words ... ... our forward momentum to reflect upon life. Sports writer Mitch Albom shelved thoughts of free throws, penalty kicks and extra innings to complete his latest book, "Tuesdays With Morrie," having written a personal account of time spent with his former ...

Article: Turner, Ann. Hard Hit.(Brief Article)(Young Adult ...
Kliatt;  January 1, 2006 ;     569 words ... ... The four sections of the novel use baseball terminology to tell of the other, larger story: Wind Up; Strike One!; Extra Innings; Three Strikes! The language is spare but gut-wrenching: "They are starting my dad / on the medicine trail / like the ...

Article: The Bounce: Baseball Teams' Great Falls and Comebacks. (Triple ...
Nine;  September 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Because Connie Mack had a better PR man? The Series was a Boston Braves sweep, but it included a 1-0 win and another in extra innings--they did not crush the A's. There are sweeps, and then there are sweeps. The most interesting parts of The Bounce ...

Article: Brooke Horvarth and Tim Wiles, eds. Line Drives: 100 Contemporary ...
Nine;  September 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Stealer" and "The Pitcher." They also eliminated long poems, which means even excerpts from Hall's "Baseball" and "Extra Innings"--two touchstones of the subgenre--fall beyond their reach. But the editors scouted more than 4,000 possibilities ...

Article: John Schulian. Twilight of the Long-ball Gods: Dispatches from ...
Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature;  September 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... savored over several weeks, is a tidy compendium of the game's fiber, its essence and its appeal. Fans of baseball will wish it had gone into extra innings. S. Michael Dewey Night Editor, Sunday Columnist The Sun Journal, New Bern, NC