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Article: FINALLY, A STORYBOOK ENDING RED SOX VICTORY LEADS TO A BOOMLET IN BASEBALL LIT.(BOOKS)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- November 21, 2004
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Byline: DAVID MEHEGAN
Every great public event generates books, and there are few book generators greater than baseball. Each April, books on the American Pastime gush forth from publishers in a flood. More than other sports fans, baseball lovers want to read all about it.
``There's something in the bones and sinews of baseball that produces great stories,'' said Eamon Dolan, editorial director of publisher Houghton Mifflin.
``The sport itself and the people who are drawn to it have a naturally great narrative.''
The Boston Red Sox World Series victory is bound to whet the reading fan's appetite, and fire up the presses. Even several ...