Baseball by the Beach: A History of America's National Pastime on Cape Cod

by Christopher Price

Book Overview

The definitive history of Cape Cod's summer baseball league, the most prestigious such league in the United States.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0940160714
• ISBN13: 9780940160712
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Parnassus Imprints
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful

Have owned this book since it first came out and my husbnd and I (and now my son) often refer to it upon attending different CCBL ganmes! We love the Gatemn....they are the best in our "book"This book is wonderful...full of history and insight...it brings you back to the true hereos of basbeall. A must read! Chris Price does a remarkable job of catching just enough info and history and stats. We are looking forward to an updated edition to catch all the wonderful games and plays that followed this edition.GO GATEMEN!

The daughter of an umpire

My father was one of the Cape Cod Baseball Leagues prestigious umpires. Curly Clement umpired in the Cape League for 35 years and the stories that he tells about the "kids" who played baseball during their summers from school can be read within the covers of this book. It is a must book to read if you love the game of baseball.

A tale of where the game is the most important

Mr. Price, well done. I heard of the Cape Cod League through a friend, and was fortunate to catch a few games during a summer vacation a year or two ago. Of course, the Major League strike soured my taste for the game. But your book helped bring back the images of how beautiful the game is. Like you say - The Game The Way It Should Be. The most enjoyable part of the book was the end-chapter vignettes, talking about the great teams and/or pennant races that closed out some of the most memorable seasons. The chronological steps through its history, then the intimate portraits of the teams themsleves, gave me everything I need to know about this great league. Now, it's a matter of when can I head back up there and see it again! Bravo, Mr. Price, bravo.

A summer stroll through baseball like it ought to be

Chris is able to take over 100 years of Cape Cod baseball history and form it into a summer read as refreshing as the breeze at the beach. Much like the Cape's summer season, Price comes with a wonderful combination of bright tales and waves of important moments of what might be the best example of what is good about the Cape and baseball. The first part of the book, a chronicle of the history of the game on the Cape, melds both the important points of the league along with the stories that make the Cape League the special place it is. The second part, which goes through the history and characters of the teams, is even more enjoyable, as Chris manages to really bring out the spirit of baseball on the Cape. From Pie Traynor to Mo Vaughn, Price has them all. The best part of the book, however, is the epilogue, a brief four or five pages that is nothing less than a love letter to the Cape and game. If you've ever buzzed down Route 6, ate fried clams at a shack, strolled th! e dunes of the National Seashore, or popped up your head at the sound of wood hitting rawhide on a summer evening, you can't pass up this book. The Cape League is a special thing, and Christopher Price captures its essence. For a first book, it's a keeper.

Monumental discovery of a true gem that is the Cape League!

Without a doubt, Christopher Price lives and breathes the Cape Cod Baseball League. His work is a stellar performance of tremendous journalism.If you love the game, then buy this book! Each page sparkles with incredible pace and rhythm. A brilliant ride into the annals of possibly the best form of the game remaining in the USA. Watch out Peter Gammons Thomas Boswell and George F. Will, there's a new baseball demigod for Generation X: Chris Price!