Baseball Ballads


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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 (2 hr 10 min)

Chapters

Dedicated to the Fan 0:51 Read by EliseDee
Play Ball 1:24 Read by Cavaet
When the Bug is on the Bawl 2:19 Read by Cavaet
Casey's Revenge 4:55 Read by Cavaet
The Bug's View-Point 2:19 Read by EliseDee
The Courtship of a Son of Swat 2:22 Read by EliseDee
The Bush Leaguer's Dream 2:21 Read by Cavaet
Springtime in the History Room 1:29 Read by EliseDee
The Hold-Out League 1:46 Read by Cavaet
The Song of the Base Hit 1:39 Read by EliseDee
On the Road to Rooters' Row 2:58 Read by Cavaet
"'Til the Last Man Is Out" 2:15 Read by EliseDee
The Bushers 1:27 Read by Cavaet
The Climax of Fan Joy 1:59 Read by EliseDee
Songs of Swat -- "You Uster Bat .300" 1:58 Read by EliseDee
The Test 1:17 Read by Cavaet
The Laugh on Nero 2:17 Read by Cavaet
Curfewed 3:33 Read by Cavaet
The Fan and His Way 2:36 Read by Cavaet
Over the Plate 2:17 Read by Cavaet
Knocking Slang 1:42 Read by EliseDee
The Real Springtime 1:36 Read by Cavaet
The Raven Up-to-Date 2:15 Read by Cavaet
A Day in the Bleachers 2:21 Read by Alan Mapstone
A Warning 1:45 Read by Cavaet
Out on the Lines 1:41 Read by Larry Gieseke
On Memory's Wall 1:47 Read by Cavaet
The Game 1:40 Read by Cavaet
Mudville's Fate 3:10 Read by Cavaet
A Toast Worth the While 2:00 Read by Cavaet
The Champs of the Alley League 2:54 Read by Cavaet
The Man Who Played with Anson on the Old Chicago Team 5:17 Read by Cavaet
The Record 1:06 Read by Cavaet
"The Major Leaguer's Daugher; Or, The Turning of the Tide" 2:15 Read by Marcus Shera
Pen Snapshot of the British Fan 1:42 Read by Cavaet
On the Coaching Line 1:59 Read by Cavaet
The Goods 1:12 Read by Cavaet
The Winter League Wonder 2:06 Read by Cavaet
A Tip to the Fan Flock 1:44 Read by Cavaet
As the Game "Breaks" 1:57 Read by Cavaet
The Grand Old Winter League 1:31 Read by Cavaet
The Slide of Paul Revere 3:00 Read by Cavaet
The Annual Return 2:01 Read by Cavaet
In the Good Old Winter Time 2:03 Read by Cavaet
After the Game 1:36 Read by Cavaet
On Rooters' Row 2:25 Read by Cavaet
The Love Sonnets of a Son of Swat 5:44 Read by Cavaet
At the End of the Game 1:09 Read by Cavaet
The Mogul's Dream 2:11 Read by Cavaet
Hard-Luck Adam 1:51 Read by Cavaet
Denton (Cy) Young 3:51 Read by BriaHolmes
The Ump's Midwinter Dream 1:46 Read by Cavaet
A Real Job for Teddy 2:58 Read by Cavaet
The Shock 1:17 Read by Cavaet
When "Wifey" Reads Dope 2:30 Read by EliseDee
A Hard-Luck Yarn 2:31 Read by Cavaet
A Fan's Diary 3:34 Read by Cavaet
Game Called 1:53 Read by Alan Mapstone