Sort of Gone by Sarah Freligh
August 9, 2010 by Myka Diller
Filed under Baseball Writing, Book Review, Women in Baseball
Sarah Freligh’s Sort of Gone is a collection of poems that tells the story of fictional pitcher Al Stepansky’s rise and fall in baseball. The story starts with Al getting his first pitcher’s glove (a gift from his alcoholic father) and ends with him watching tapes of his best games as he washes down his […]
Women & Baseball: The Game’s “Most Ardent Admirers”
July 29, 2010 by Myka Diller
Filed under Women in Baseball
Women have been passionate baseball fans since the early days of the game and baseball, as an institution, has taken notice. In 1888 John Montgomery Ward of the New York Giants wrote “It is a fact that the sport has no more ardent admirers than are to be found among its lady attendants throughout the […]