Description: Cover features Pete Reiser, the 1941 NL batting champion with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Highlights: Paul Rogers' cover story details the tragic life of Pete Reiser, the popular phenom whose hell-bent playing style may have kept him from becoming one of baseball's all-time greats. Mark Feierstein's humorous "Contraction Diplomacy" posits the idea of post-9/11 MLB expansion to Cuba, while Robert Nishihara argues that increased steroid use doesn't account for baseball's home run explosion. Jack LaZebnik provides his annual account of Opening Day in St. Louis (with a twist); Jamie Spencer offers a fine essay on the allure of baseball, her hero Bobby Bonds, and redemption; Herbert Goldstone presents "The Fatal Out," a clever Shakespearean account of a mythic team's at bat; and Murray Browne gives a quirky perspective on the notion of baseball's declining popularity. Excellent fiction by Scott Turner about majesty and tragedy at Shea Stadium ("Foul Pole"), by Robert Rubino about baseball trivia ("The Fan Who Knew Too Much"), and by Robert Pope about rivalry and ambition ("Number Nine"). Also, the latest from Staff Writer (a tale of hemp baseball in the Cal. Mixed Nuts League); the usual assortment of fine poetry and prose; several book reviews (Dancing on the Basepaths; Waiting for Godot's First Pitch; The Lives of the Two-Headed Baseball Siren; The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract and Win Shares; Taking in a Game; and Charles Alexander's Breaking the Slump); the All-Horticulture Team; and more. Volume 19, Number 3. Length: 96 pages. 6x9" format. Note: From 1992 through 2008, Elysian Fields Quarterly was the pre-eminent journal of baseball literature and culture--a beautiful 6x9 perfect-bound publication packed with articles, essays, poetry, fiction, book reviews, humor, fantasy lineups, quirky illustrations, and a great deal more. Like its predecessor, The Minneapolis Review of Baseball, EFQ featured contributors ranging from accomplished academics to first-time writers, and forged a special niche among readers that wasn't dependent on mainstream sportswriters or pundits to give it credibility. Although the publication went on hiatus in 2008, perhaps a comeback might still be around the corner. Issue is in new condition, leftover from unsold original inventory. Visit www.efqreview.com for more details about the journal and to read sample articles. Thanks for your interest in this item, and please check out our other listings.
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Topic: Baseball
Publication Name: Elysian Fields Quarterly
Publication Year: 2002
