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Baseball Ballads

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Baseball Ballads

by Grantland Rice

English· 02:10:02· 58 chapters
Grantland Rice, was a sports journalist with several newspapers, although his Sportlights column, in the New York Tribune was what brought him fame, and through it he helped popularize golf in the US, and to help the cause of American Professional Football. This book of poetry, is a tribute to baseball, the sport he played at Vanderbilt. - Summary by cavaet
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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Dedicated to the Fan

    00:51
  2. Chapter 2

    Play Ball

    01:24
  3. Chapter 3

    When the Bug is on the Bawl

    02:19
  4. Chapter 4

    Casey's Revenge

    04:55
  5. Chapter 5

    The Bug's View-Point

    02:19
  6. Chapter 6

    The Courtship of a Son of Swat

    02:22
  7. Chapter 7

    The Bush Leaguer's Dream

    02:21
  8. Chapter 8

    Springtime in the History Room

    01:29
  9. Chapter 9

    The Hold-Out League

    01:46
  10. Chapter 10

    The Song of the Base Hit

    01:39
  11. Chapter 11

    On the Road to Rooters' Row

    02:58
  12. Chapter 12

    "'Til the Last Man Is Out"

    02:15
  13. Chapter 13

    The Bushers

    01:27
  14. Chapter 14

    The Climax of Fan Joy

    01:59
  15. Chapter 15

    Songs of Swat -- "You Uster Bat .300"

    01:58
  16. Chapter 16

    The Test

    01:17
  17. Chapter 17

    The Laugh on Nero

    02:17
  18. Chapter 18

    Curfewed

    03:33
  19. Chapter 19

    The Fan and His Way

    02:36
  20. Chapter 20

    Over the Plate

    02:17
  21. Chapter 21

    Knocking Slang

    01:42
  22. Chapter 22

    The Real Springtime

    01:36
  23. Chapter 23

    The Raven Up-to-Date

    02:15
  24. Chapter 24

    A Day in the Bleachers

    02:21
  25. Chapter 25

    A Warning

    01:45
  26. Chapter 26

    Out on the Lines

    01:41
  27. Chapter 27

    On Memory's Wall

    01:47
  28. Chapter 28

    The Game

    01:40
  29. Chapter 29

    Mudville's Fate

    03:10
  30. Chapter 30

    A Toast Worth the While

    02:00
  31. Chapter 31

    The Champs of the Alley League

    02:54
  32. Chapter 32

    The Man Who Played with Anson on the Old Chicago Team

    05:17
  33. Chapter 33

    The Record

    01:06
  34. Chapter 34

    "The Major Leaguer's Daugher; Or, The Turning of the Tide"

    02:15
  35. Chapter 35

    Pen Snapshot of the British Fan

    01:42
  36. Chapter 36

    On the Coaching Line

    01:59
  37. Chapter 37

    The Goods

    01:12
  38. Chapter 38

    The Winter League Wonder

    02:06
  39. Chapter 39

    A Tip to the Fan Flock

    01:44
  40. Chapter 40

    As the Game "Breaks"

    01:57
  41. Chapter 41

    The Grand Old Winter League

    01:31
  42. Chapter 42

    The Slide of Paul Revere

    03:00
  43. Chapter 43

    The Annual Return

    02:01
  44. Chapter 44

    In the Good Old Winter Time

    02:03
  45. Chapter 45

    After the Game

    01:36
  46. Chapter 46

    On Rooters' Row

    02:25
  47. Chapter 47

    The Love Sonnets of a Son of Swat

    05:44
  48. Chapter 48

    At the End of the Game

    01:09
  49. Chapter 49

    The Mogul's Dream

    02:11
  50. Chapter 50

    Hard-Luck Adam

    01:51
  51. Chapter 51

    Denton (Cy) Young

    03:51
  52. Chapter 52

    The Ump's Midwinter Dream

    01:46
  53. Chapter 53

    A Real Job for Teddy

    02:58
  54. Chapter 54

    The Shock

    01:17
  55. Chapter 55

    When "Wifey" Reads Dope

    02:30
  56. Chapter 56

    A Hard-Luck Yarn

    02:31
  57. Chapter 57

    A Fan's Diary

    03:34
  58. Chapter 58

    Game Called

    01:53