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Love the
story series? Now read the book! Published
Nov-1-2013 by Acta Sports, 231 pages, 52 stories
accented with over 150 pictures — many in full color — and numerous charts.
Just in its look, Greg Pierce of Acta Sports
described it as: “Absolutely stunning, the most beautiful baseball book we
have ever published.” There is no more passionate baseball historian
than Craig Wright. His stories are fascinating, well researched and well
written. Craig has a wonderful gift for telling intriguing stories that we
have never heard, and providing little known details of familiar tales. … The
photographs are priceless, and the research notes impossible to ignore. For
any baseball fan, this book is a true treasure....long overdue....a loving
gift to followers of the greatest game in the world. Eric
Nadel, Texas Rangers Radio Announcer Every
time I read one of Craig’s stories, it’s like reading the very best parts of
a book … It’s
also a beautiful, substantial book, filled with perfectly evocative images. Rob Neyer,
Senior ESPN writer in his review for the Hot
Corner Bookstore While
I consider myself extremely knowledgeable about the game, I was pleasantly
surprised to learn things I didn’t already know. And even those topics
I do know were enjoyable in the retelling. The
book’s essays are short, well-researched and easily digestible, and are
followed by what became my favorite feature—”Research Notes.” Rather
than cram everything into several pages, Wright expertly chopped topics into
a few pages and then ended each essay with lists of interesting tidbits. Whether you’re someone like me who’s been researching baseball
for 40 years, a casual fan or someone who has a son or daughter who wants to
learn more about the game, I can’t recommend Pages From Baseball’s
Past enough. It’s an entertaining and informative read that will
keep you warm until pitchers and catchers report early next year. Mike Lynch, reviewer at Seamheads.com [Compared
to another baseball history book I’ve been reading this] is like comparing a
kitty cat to an 800 pound tiger. Pardon the language, my friend, but this is
the damnedest book I’ve seen on baseball. Bob Campbell, who received the book as a
gift from former GM Tom Grieve This
collection [of stories] is a treasure. — Scott Simkus of
Talking Baseball |
From the Amazon Reviews This book is a
grand slam homer You’ll finish this
book pining for a Volume II. Wonderful and enthralling
stories. A great read. I couldn’t put it
down … Wright hits it out
of the park Loved it A must for
baseball fans The entertaining
stories & old-time illustrations are a perfect marriage of words and
pictures. Super enjoyable
read! Learned a lot and
had fun doing it. Highly recommend. I am a baseball
history buff, so when I saw this title I had to have it. The stories are
wonderful. The research that was done for these stories is amazing. [The stories]
humanize the players/managers and draw me in as much as reading a good series
of fictional short stories — from the heart-warming, to tragic, to intriguing
— always aware these are real people. The stories also give fascinating
historical context … Wright makes connections that a less astute writer would
miss or fail to express so clearly. |
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