Bottom of the Ninth: Great Contemporary Baseball Short Stories
By (author): "Gordon Weaver, Floyd Skloot, Jim Shepard, Josh Russell, Kurt Rheinheimer, Leslie Pietrzyk, Richard Peterson, Cris Mazza, Kip Kotzen, Jerry Klinkowitz, Owen King, Dave Jauss, Patricia Highsmith, Ray Gonzalez, Stuart Dybek, Andre Dubus, Philip F. Deaver, Ron Carlson, David"
ISBN0809325047
ISBN139780809325047
AsinBottom of the Ninth: Great Contemporary Baseball Short Stories
Original titleBottom of the Ninth: Great Contemporary Baseball Short Stories (Writing Baseball)
Skillfully edited by John McNally, Bottom of the Ninth: Great Contemporary Baseball Short Stories collects nineteen contemporary baseball short stories from a successful mix of well-established writers, lesser-knowns, and a few up-and-comers. These stories are characterized by the same dramatic elements that draw people to the sport itself—the mythologizing of players, the obsessions and romance of the game, the bonds between players and fans, parents and children. From a key play, a missed catch, a chance lost, these are tales of characters facing high stakes and calls to action, metaphorically and literally, in the bottom of the ninth.
