Guys, dolls, and curveballs
Subtitle: Damon Runyon on baseball
By: edited by Jim Reisler.
Contributors: Reisler, Jim, 1958-
Edition: 1st Carroll & Graf ed.
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers; Da Capo Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780786715404
Subjects: Runyon, Damon, -- 1880-1946.; Baseball -- Anecdotes.; Baseball -- History.; Sportswriters -- United States.; Sports journalism -- United States.
Description: A collection of ballpark dispatches from the legendary Hearst reporter and the creator of such mythic gangster icons as Nathan Detroit and the Lemon Drop Kid.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Characters and craftsmen; title: Memorable moments; title: World series; title: Black sox; title: Spring training; title: Around the world; title: Musings and (mostly) ordinary games.