Synopses & Reviews
The Sporting News' award-winning columnist Dave Kindred compiles his favorite columns on baseball from his 10-year career at the magazine
Glove Stories is a collection from the heart and mind of The Sporting News's columnist Dave Kindred. It's his thoughts on the game of baseball in the 10 years he's written for The Sporting News. From the World Series to the non-World Series; from Opening Days to All-Star Games. From taking his mom to a ballgame, to just hanging with Tony Gwynn and Stan Musial.
"Kindred's youthful passion for the game has ripened into a mature appreciation of its history and craftsmanship. These essays, his love letters to the game, are delightful."
--George Will, political analyst and baseball fan
"Dave Kindred loves baseball and Dave Kindred knows baseball. His book Glove Stories is as good as it gets for a baseball fan. If you care about the game, you'll love this book. It's a winner."
--Skip Caray, Atlanta Braves announcer
"Dave Kindred has always had a wonderful way with words. Now, with Glove Stories, he also has a way with our hearts. What a glorious love story is Kindred and baseball."
--Frank Deford, author
Synopsis
No matter if it's the dead of winter or the middle of the summer, it's always baseball season for Dave Kindred, the award-winning columnist for
The Sporting News.
Glove Stories is a collection of his commentaries that have appeared in The Sporting News since 1990. From spring training to the World Series. From sandlot baseball to the major leagues. From kids playing the game to Hall of Famers, Glove Stories is a collection from Dave's heart.
Warm to his stories of watching kids play ball on a county baseball diamond, to his stories of his baseball glove, of his stories about meeting the immortal Pete Gray. Recount the drama and excitement of the World Series in his commentary from the Fall Classic, from 1991 to 2001. Laugh at his stories of his introduction of sportswriting. Reflect on his stories of baseball and September 11, on his stories of the challenges of integrating the game, on his memorials to some of the game's greatest players.
You'll find, too, it's always baseball season.