"The National Pastime" offers baseball history available nowhere
else. Each fall this publication from the Society for American
Baseball Research (SABR) explores baseball history with fresh and
often surprising views of past players, teams, and events. Drawn
from the research efforts of more than 6,700 SABR members, T"he
National Pastime" establishes an accurate, lively, and entertaining
historical record of baseball. "A Note from the Editor, Jim
Charlton: " This is the first issue of "The National Pastime"
devoted to articles on "individuals in the game." An
all-biographical issue, if you will, though this is a leaky
umbrella over the subject: there are interviews, slices of players'
lives, and write-ups of big games by players. One SABR wag
commented to me that he "thought every issue of "TNP" was all
biographical," but that has not been the case. The journal has
always published a wide variety of articles on pennant races,
pitching tandems, umpire uniforms, Cuban baseball, fair-foul
hitting, integration, stadiums, women's baseball, and dozens of
other topics. Whew! It is not, of course, the first dedicated issue
of the journal. John Thorn and Mark Rucker put together delightful
all-pictorial issues in the 1980s that were on particular topcis,
such as 19th-century ball. In 1992, the estimable Peter Bjarkman
edited an issue of "TNP" devoted to baseball around the world.
These are among my most cherished issues of the journal, and for
newer members, these are well worth seeking out and acquiring. This
issue of "TNP" has some wonderful pieces on some surprising
subjects. One is Jeff Obermeyer's profile of major leaguer Jim
Riley, who also played in the NHL. Dick Thompson's article
onCannonball Bill Jackman is an illuminating piece on this
little-known New England star. James Smith provides a warm portrait
of longtime PCL personality Lester Cook, while Pete Bjarkman
persuasively speaks to Roberto Clemente's groundbreaking impact on
Latin players and baseball. The late Smoky Joe Wood proves to be as
outspoken and interesting an observer as he was a pitcher and
hitter. The cover article, by Steve Bennett, introduces us to one
of the game's great characters, George Kromer. One of my favorite
pieces is by one of my favorite musicians, jazz pianist and
lyricist Dave Frishberg, whose albums have been nominated four
times for Grammy Awards. Dave is the composer and singer of the wry
and amusing "My Attorney Bernie," Schoolhouse Rock favorites such
as "I'm Just a Bill," and the iconic "Van Lingle Mungo." He shares
with us the creative steps on the writing of that tribute. You'll
be humming by the end.
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