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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