Pitching in a Pinch
by Christy Mathewson
Old Books of the Week , August 12, 2014
Old Books of the Week
The Glory of Their Times
by Lawrence Ritter
Pitching in a Pinch
by Christy Mathewson
It's August, with the Mariners actually still in a pennant race, so let's take a few moments to return to two classics of baseball a century ago. In the early '60s, Lawrence Ritter toured the country recording the memories of the surviving stars of baseball's early days for The Glory of Their Times, still the game's great oral history, bringing close a way of life that now seems almost impossibly distant. One player he couldn't talk to was Christy Mathewson, the Roger Federer (or Russell Wilson!) of his day—graceful, clean cut, uncompromisingly competitive, and colossally famous—who died young from tuberculosis but left behind this memoir and strategy guide that remains refreshingly charming and wise.
The Glory of Their Times
by Lawrence Ritter
Pitching in a Pinch
by Christy Mathewson
It's August, with the Mariners actually still in a pennant race, so let's take a few moments to return to two classics of baseball a century ago. In the early '60s, Lawrence Ritter toured the country recording the memories of the surviving stars of baseball's early days for The Glory of Their Times, still the game's great oral history, bringing close a way of life that now seems almost impossibly distant. One player he couldn't talk to was Christy Mathewson, the Roger Federer (or Russell Wilson!) of his day—graceful, clean cut, uncompromisingly competitive, and colossally famous—who died young from tuberculosis but left behind this memoir and strategy guide that remains refreshingly charming and wise.
— Tom
Pitching in a Pinch was reviewed in Newsletter #4 on August 12, 2014. For more like this, and other bookish news, sign up for the newsletter .
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