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A collection of 175 columns from the great baseball writer recalls the greatest moments of the game though Red Smith's wise, witty gaze--from Jackie Robinson's debut to Hank Greenberg's home runs.
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Red Smith's writing is recognized as the best in the field. Here is a selection of his most memorable columns—175 of them, from 1941 to 1981. “His prose...offers lasting lessons about matters journalistic and literary.”—Robert Schmuhl, University of Notre Dame. “The most admired and gifted sportswriter of his time.... Red Smith's work...tended to be the best writing in any given newspaper on any given day.”—David Halberstam, New York Times Book Review.
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