Baseball Memories & Dreams: Reflections on the National Pastime from the Baseball Hall of Fame

by The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Narrated by Barry Abrams

Overview

This compendium of baseball writing covers it all-recollections of Hall of Famers and narratives from top baseball writers; stories on the rich iconography and history of the game across the full diversity of players, teams, and leagues; and reflections on the way America's pastime has shaped our culture. Selected from the Baseball Hall of Fame's member magazine, Memories and Dreams brings to life the best of baseball.



More than just a baseball history book. Revel in America's pastime and explore baseball history in articles written by notable sports writers, Hall of Famers, media personalities, and the Hall's own expert historians. Memories and dreams showcases the best of baseball facts, baseball biographies, and baseball media personalities into a robust catalogue of known and unknown information.



Get the inside scoop into the lives of baseball giants like Johnny Bench, Peter Gammons, John Grisham, Tim Kurkjian, Ichiro Suzuki, Joe Torre, and more. From their stories, gain insight into each individual life to see just what trials and hardships made these men into the best baseball players in history. With Memories and Dreams in hand, you'll see America's pastime in a new light.

Editorial Reviews

NOVEMBER 2022 - AudioFile

Barry Abrams narrates a wonderfully compiled series of essays about baseball, viewed through multiple lenses. It’s inclusive, with sections on Latin ballplayers, women, and others. Principals range from lesser-known competitors to stars. Abrams really has cornered the market on sports audiobook narration. His almost impish-sounding voice paired with his fun-loving style always fits the stories. The writing comes from a variety of folks—former ballplayers, writers, Hall of Fame staffers, and others. A minor nitpick: Reading each author bio at the end of each brief section is repetitive; it could have been done once, at the end. Listeners who see Abrams’s name as narrator should expect a solid performance, good diction, correct pronunciations, and a book that is enjoyable, listenable, and not too heavy in its tone. M.B. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine

NOVEMBER 2022 - AudioFile

Barry Abrams narrates a wonderfully compiled series of essays about baseball, viewed through multiple lenses. It’s inclusive, with sections on Latin ballplayers, women, and others. Principals range from lesser-known competitors to stars. Abrams really has cornered the market on sports audiobook narration. His almost impish-sounding voice paired with his fun-loving style always fits the stories. The writing comes from a variety of folks—former ballplayers, writers, Hall of Fame staffers, and others. A minor nitpick: Reading each author bio at the end of each brief section is repetitive; it could have been done once, at the end. Listeners who see Abrams’s name as narrator should expect a solid performance, good diction, correct pronunciations, and a book that is enjoyable, listenable, and not too heavy in its tone. M.B. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940175676960
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	10/04/2022
Edition description:	Unabridged

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