Baseball in a Grain of Sand: Seeing the Game through a Small Town Season

by Bill Gruber

Overview

Part sports journalism, part history, part memoir, this many-sided narrative follows one season with the Blue Devils of Moscow, Idaho--a rural American Legion baseball team. Showcasing baseball's enduring place in American life, the author draws on the lore of the game, and conversations with diverse fans and players--an outdoorsman juggling his son's schedule of games with bear hunting; a bewildered German college student, holding a baseball for the first time; former St. Louis Cardinal pitcher & Yale baseball coach John Stuper; the proud owner of a Derek Jeter jersey in Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania, to name a few.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476673172
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	08/02/2018
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.42(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Bill Gruber is an emeritus professor at Emory University. The author of numerous academic books and articles, he lives in Moscow, Idaho.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface: Baseball in the Boonies
One—Imperfect Games: Richland, Hanford, May 31, June 1
Two—Time Travel: Lewiston, Post Falls, Rathdrum, June 9, 13–15
Three—On the Road: Libby, June 20–22
Four—Fields of Play: St. Maries, Orofino, June 27, 30
Five—The National Game: Moscow, Spokane, July 1–5
Six—Pitching Lessons: Lewiston, July 10–13
Seven—Home and Away: Moscow, July 14
Eight—The Model Baseball Player: Lewiston, July 18
Nine—That Thing in the Sun: Moscow, September 8
Chapter Notes
Index