„… that belonged to my dad.Shortly before he died, my dad gave me his baseball glove. It’s one of those …” „… pilgrimage with my dad to baseball’s mecca.MEMORIES & DREAMS, SUMMER 2019IntroductionWhen the editor of …” „… games.Baseball had been our thing. Dad had passed on his love of the game to me. I remember him pitching a Wiffle …”

„… AvailableLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataNames: Rosengren, John, author. Title: Classic baseball …” „… , [2022] | Summary: “This collection of timeless baseball stories can be read again and again for …” „… , or baseball played on snowshoes in a remote Wisconsin town”—Provided by publisher. Identifiers …”

„… watch,” says Zach, who plays baseball himself: third base, pitcher, outfield. “All over, kind of like …” „… player the Twins have had in many years,” LoisMA. “Another reason why base-ball is great,” Blake R., and …” „… more like a bowling pin than a professional baseball player. You might say, politely, he’s stocky …”

„… further intrigued by the contrast of him celebrating the greatest achievements of baseball’s best while …” „… ago.Hawkins, who is 72, grew up in Queens. A solitary and unathletic kid, he didn’t play baseball. “My sport …” „… a Wooton desk, wear-ing a gray sport coat, a blue shirt, and a necktie decorated with baseballs …”

„… undefended, she lay back on her pillow. “I miss Dad,”she offered quietly. Her soulful eyes, hazel and paisley …” „… university baseball game. Withno schedule and nothing fixed like a predictable workday, life was run-ning in …” „… recyclebin. There a ream of insurance paperwork. Here team patches to sewon a baseball jersey. There a …”

„… , unplugged the whitelights, and headed up to bed.“When Dad comes home, I’m going to be right there with …” „… wasn’t so sure about it—his reentry into the household had alwaysbeen disruptive. Our operations sans Dad …” „… sturdy dowel. Then,using Ellie’s artistry, we painted “Welcome Home Dad” in foot-highblue letters. Once …”

„… mound and donned his LittleLeague baseball hat. Joe was the appointed catcher, and if there’s amore …” „… solemn handshake and nod—theCHAPTER 9136classic baseball ritual. That was the moment captured by a …” „… dinner and watch baseball games inthe camp chairs and be hugged and welcomed home by our close com-munity …”

„… e-mail Ellie had written to her Dad, and this line caught my eye: “Mom iskind of crabby, but she’s happy …” „… couldn’t do during the workweek. With him on Dad duty, and Ellie and Joe relishing attention fromHOW …” „… assignment tomake a presentation about his family. Next to colorful magazine pic-tures of baseball players …”

„… nurtured him, but I wondered, Who will roughhousewith him this year? His baseball coach, Bob, and the other …” „… dads in ourcircle were going to have to step up. I would also have to make myselfmore available to play …”

„… conversation transcendedthe superficial talking points of carpools and baseball rosters and movedinto deep …” „… were a kid?” “Babar.”“The Madeline books.” “All the Berenstain Bear books.”“My dad knew the winner of …”

„… Mom and Dad.Strong Sr. may have represented the Indianapolis ABCs at the winter Negro Leagues baseball …” „… African American community. His outstanding play in the Negro Leagues prompted baseball fans to select him …” „… field. The lineup for both squads reflected the African American community’s joy of baseball and …”

„… his doc-tor would get angry if he found out about that, but Dad says there is too much work to be done …” „… played baseball in the summer months and was considered a pretty good prospect. This led Strong Sr. into …” „… as the father of Negro Leagues baseball.Sometime around 1916, while playing semi-pro baseball, the …”

„… basketball and baseball teams that were tops in Chicago high school sports.When he wasn’t in school Ted Jr …” „… satisfaction, the primary sport still lay in wait for Ted Jr. His baseball skills were exceptional, and Strong …” „… the season in 1936, Ted Jr. began his baseball career as a shortstop with the Giants. His exposure to …”

„… . | Basketball players—United States—Biography. | Harlem Globetrotters—History. | Baseball players—United …” „… Jr.’s Baseball Statistics 13316_366-Jenkins.indb 5 8/2/16 11:50 AMvi ContentsNotes 147Selected …” „… going on, and he whispered that Cardell Strong had a book about Negro Leagues baseball and he was …”

„… was done in the Negro Baseball Leagues.“We would go through different mimics and sleight of hand [with …” „… the baseball] and this was very acceptable. This we did in road trips with baseball. . . . We set up …” „… baseball performer. Strong played first base for the Kansas City Monarchs last year and led the American …”

„… Josh Gibson out of the picture and Jackie Robinson looming on the horizon, Negro Leagues baseball had …” „… Negro baseball is that the club owners do not make “name” players. The major league fans know the top …” „… time, some years ago, that we had some “name play-ers” in Negro baseball. There was Andrew “Rube …”

„… US-Bilderbuchfamilie In vielerlei Hinsicht war Tim Burtons Vater Bill (William R.) der idealtypische Dad der …” „… gefeilt und im Team der Los Angeles Cardinals in der US-Minor- League Baseball gespielt. Als sein …” „… deal with kids’ baseball teams, girls’ and men’s softball teams, all the different sports, because …”

„… of the local MADD Dad’schapter, an organization affiliated with Mothers against Drunk Drivers. In1991 …” „… athletes, I tried to make them better athletes. We didtaekwondo, baseball, basketball, football, ballet …” „… , jazz.Richard incorporated ball-throwing into the girls’ training. They’dthrow baseballs and footballs to create …”