All I Thought About Was Baseball: Writings on a Canadian Pastime

Description

349 pages
Contains Bibliography
$24.95
ISBN 0-8020-7237-2
DDC 796.357'0971

Year

1996

Contributor

Edited by William Humber and John St. James
Reviewed by Bob Forsey

Bob Forsey is the education officer at the Newfoundland Museum in St.
John’s.

Review

In this celebration of baseball in Canada, 58 writers provide colorful
anecdotes about the players, managers, builders, ballparks, and historic
games played in Canada over 159 years.

In “A Game of Long Ago,” Alan Ford remembers the first game in
Beachville, Ontario, on June 9, 1838. Marshall McLuhan explores the
cultural implications of baseball, Stephen Brunt discusses modern
baseball as big business, and Mordecai Richler describes Jackie
Robinson’s success and popularity with the Montreal Royals in 1946.
Other contributors describe ordinary people playing the game in small
towns, discuss the impact of Canadian players like Larry Walker in the
big leagues, and speculate on the future of international baseball.

All I Thought About Was Baseball will appeal to baseball fans and
general readers alike.

Citation

“All I Thought About Was Baseball: Writings on a Canadian Pastime,” Canadian Book Review Annual Online, accessed October 7, 2024, https://cbra.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/29958.