Baseball and the Baby Boomer
A History, Commentary, and Memoir
by Talmage Boston
Foreword by Frank Deford
Preface by Lou Brock
Americans born in the two decades following World War II learned much from baseball. Among other things, the National Pastime drove home the points that:
● Some baseball heroes are tragic figures and some are role models;
● One team having a great season can lift up onto its shoulders an entire region of the country;
● Baseball’s unique stature in America provided the circumstances for jump-starting the civil rights movement;
● An Ivy League intellectual at last found the words that could match the music of the game on the green field, thereby translating the subconscious into the conscious;
● The power of myth transformed a one-horse town into baseball’s magical Mecca;
● Villains can tarnish temporarily but not leave a permanent stain on the game’s glory; and
● The sport provides fathers and sons with the opportunity to connect and disconnect.
Baby Boomer TALMAGE BOSTON has lived, breathed, and digested these stories for almost half a century, and now delivers them in a way that speaks to the hearts of all generations about the sport that has gripped us by the seams since our first game of catch with dad in the front yard.
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After George Will spoke in Dallas recently, he called Talmage to let him know how much he loves Baseball and the Baby Boomer
"That's because Boston (author of the 2005 book 1939: Baseball's Tipping Point) does a superb job of striking a chord with baseball fans of the last several decades by pushing the right buttons..."
-- Allen Barra (nationally renowned sportswriter), March 28, 2009
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