Best of Baseball Digest: The Greatest Players, the Greatest Games, the Greatest Writers from the Game's Most Exciting Years by John Kuenster, John Kuenster (Editor), John Kuenster (Introduction)

From the Publisher

An abundant collection of writings by baseball's best writers, drawn from the most popular baseball magazine of the past century. The book includes almost 1Z50 articles from the early 1940s to the present and more than a hundred photographs, many of them rare.

Booklist - Wes Lukowsky

"A fascinating set of articles.... A must wherever baseball fans gather."

Indianapolis Star - Mike Lillich

"John Kuenster...mines a rich writerly vein and fields and all-star literary lineup."

Shelf Life - Martin Levin

A handsome compilation—from a magazine that was the mainstay of many boys' lives.

Chronicle of Higher Education - Carlin Romano

Brilliantly thorough

Library Journal

A feast of offerings, from the year of Baseball Digest's founding, 1942, through 2005, with many pieces covering earlier personalities (they often reminisced to one columnist or another). The coverage is from the best writers the game has known, including Red Smith, Heywood Broun, Arthur Daley, Roger Kahn, Leonard Koppett, and Ira Berkow. Don't have a complete run of Baseball Digest? Your collection needs this. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

What People Are Saying

Bob Feller
"Any baseball fan should have this book in their library."

Jim Brosnan
"A wonderful collection of photographs and stories by the best baseball writers of our time."

Henry Kisor
"Anyone who has enjoyed an issue of Baseball Digest with find The Best of Baseball Digest a must read."
—Chicago Sun-Times

Stan Musial
"Baseball Digest has provided us with great stories since 1942, my first full season with the St. Louis Cardinals. This book features plenty of good baseball reading."

Jimmy Piersall
"This is my favorite book to read about baseball, including so much of its history."

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