USA Today/Sports Weekly Best Baseball Writing 2005

by Matthew Silverman

Every year, a varied line-up of talented writers step up to the plate to find inspiration at the ballpark. The opportunity to view each passing season through the lens of such an array of talents and perspectives has prompted USA TODAY Sports Weekly to launch the first ever annual collection of the finest baseball writing of the year. Culled from newspapers, Web sites, books, and magazines, this book examines the major news and events of the seasonfrom...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786715014
• ISBN13: 9780786715015
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Contemporary Baseball Writing

Sometimes with baseball we tend to get too nostalgic, and sometimes we fall into the same trap with baseball writers. Well, this book provides an array of contemporary baseball writing that is also outstanding. There are truly many fine baseball writers today--including Bill Madden, Paul White, and David Pietrusza, just to name a few--and editors Matt Silverman and Greg Spira have done a fine job in collecting their works from the last two years. The writing contained in this volume includes a nice mix of articles on baseball history (such as Chris Lamb's story on Jackie Robinson's first spring training camp in 1946) and on current-day issues (such as John Thorn's assessment of Barry Bonds). Silverman and Spira, two knowledgeable baseball people themselves, have provided a wide range of topics and subjects, making this book appealing to a broad audience of baseball and literary fans. I hope that Best Baseball Writing becomes an annual staple of the baseball bookshelves.