A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti

From: The Virginia Quarterly Review | Date: October 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti, edited by Kenneth J. Robson.

A distinguished scholar of Renaissance literature, later president of Yale University, next president of the National League, and finally commissioner of baseball, A. Bartlett Giamatti was a man of extraordinary humanity and civility. His noble vision of baseball as a game of deep meaning and national significance sets him apart from the greedy and soulless individuals who are ...

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