Keepers of the Game: When the Baseball Beat was the Best Job on the Paper
“Baseball is the perfect game described by the written word. Dennis D’Agostino renders the best examples of this.”—Tim McCarver, 2012 Ford C. Frick Award winner, Baseball Hall of Fame“Dennis D’Agostino recalls a press box era when old and new school intersected. But it was still when a skillful game story, written on deadline, was the essence of the baseball writer’s craft. Imagine that.”—Bob Costas, NBC/MLB Network“Dennis D’Agostino has given us a priceless insight of the inner sanctum of baseball from the writers and publicists who were privy to the great stories of this great game.”—Dick Stockton, Fox Sports/Turner Sports and 2001 Curt Gowdy Media Award Winner, Basketball Hall of Fame"I covered the NBA for 14 years. I covered Major League baseball full time for one, keeping theBoston Globeseat warm for Peter Gammons. Covering basketball is an enjoyable job. Covering baseball is an all-encompassing lifestyle, requiring skill, dedication and stamina, both mental and physical. These great men are testimony to all that."—Bob Ryan,Boston Globe