The Yogi Poems and Other Celebrations of Local Baseball

This book of 25 stories and poems is for anyone who loves baseball at any level � from the major leagues to high school to little league � or softball played with passion by people of all ages.

Read about the only perfect game in World Series history, the Bucky Dent home run seen from a crowded bar in Woodstock, a pair of tickets to Ebbets field in its final days, a miracle outcome at Yankee Stadium in a city stunned by 9/11, a nine-year girl who outshines every player on the field, a serious baseball league for men in their fifties and sixties, a meaningful late night catch between father and son, a high school alumni game with sudden insight into what it means to be a parent, a family reunion centered around a baseball game across generations...

Above all, this is a book about the greatest game ever invented told through the experiences and emotions of its fans and players. It�s about you.

So let�s play ball...