"August Adolphus Busch Jr., the new president of the Cardinals, is a chubby gentleman called Gussie, about the size of a St. Louis brewer. He has horn-rimmed glasses, a zillion dollars and an air of pleased bewilderment. He rides to the hounds and travels by bus." It's not hard to pluck a memorable passage from the sportswriting of Red Smith. In more than fifty years as a newspaperman, notably with the New York Herald Tribune and the New York Times, he earned a reputation as the best writer ever to confront the game of baseball-astute, clever, witty, and stylish. In this bountiful selection of his most memorable columns-175 of them, from 1941 to 1981-baseball fans can recapture some of baseball's greatest moments and most unforgettable characters. Jackie Robinson's debut is here, and so is Hank Greenberg hitting home runs; Enos Slaughter scoring the winning run in the seventh game of the 1946 World Series; Stan Musial, Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Boudreau; the sly antics of Charles Dillon Stengel; Durocher's lip; Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra, and scores of others. It's a baseball feast. Readers who are not baseball fans will have to be satisfied with just wonderful writing. With 14 black-and-white photographs.

About the Author
Red Smith (1905-1982) was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, was graduated from Notre Dame, and worked at newspapers in Milwaukee, St. Louis, and Philadelphia before coming to New York. His writing on sports won a Pulitzer Prize and a George Polk Award. Ira Berkow, Red Smith's biographer, is a sports columnist for the New York Times.

Reviews
If there is one diamond marriage, it has to be the one between columnist Red Smith and the game he covered for something approaching five decades. -- Chuck Chalberg * Elysian Fields Quarterly *
Perhaps a new generation will pick up this book and discover the poetry in Americas' deliberate game. -- Robert Holland, King's College London * Richmond Times-Dispatch *
I would suggest to the editors of Red Smith on Baseball a solution: Red Smith on Baseball II. -- John Greenya * The Review of Higher Education *
Smith was sport-writing's voice of sanity...good to have you back, old friend. -- Ron Fimrite * Sports Illustrated *
This collection reminds us...Red's baseball writing sparkled with his customary style and insight. -- Bob Costas, NBC Sports
Unrivaled on the sports page...nothing less than Smith at his best. -- David Halberstam * The New York Times *



Book Information
ISBN 9781566634151
Author Red Smith
Format Paperback
Page Count 376
Imprint Ivan R Dee, Inc
Publisher Ivan R Dee, Inc
Weight(grams) 535g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 144mm * 27mm