“The best part of the book is how well Geoghegan captures the mood of the games — part picnic, part big-league preview — but he also tells the story of some of these college stars in the making.” –Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “With the delay more »
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Summer Ball and the In Between
I have very fond memories of the most random places in the 1,000 miles between Louisville, Kentucky, and Chatham, Massachusetts. Every summer, my New England-native parents loaded up the current incarnation of our Chevrolet Astro van – we cycled through like five different ones over more »
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Taking Their Swings
The players make summer baseball nation special. They’re on their way up, working on their games, showing their skills for scouts. The Cape League is the cream of the crop. Future Big League stars dot the diamonds there.
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Capturing the Imagination
They play baseball at midnight in Alaska every summer. It never gets dark. The Goldpanners, summer baseball royalty, are the keepers of the annual game. Put it on your baseball bucket list.
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Celebrating Rich Tradition
On the shores of the Pacific Ocean, in a California paradise, the Santa Barbara Foresters win big every summer. Manager Bill Pintard is believed to be the winningest active coach in summer collegiate baseball.
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