From the Sandlots to the Show

Bill Littlefield
Photographs by Henry Horenstein

In Baseball Days, Bill Littlefield looks at the aspects of baseball that make it America's favorite game. The millionaires like Roger Clemens and Cal Ripken make thier appearances, but so do the people that make baseball truly America's pastime, like Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe, one-time hero of the Negro Baseball League and the country's oldest living baseball player, and the late Carl Stotz, who invented Little League Baseball.

The essays present baseball just as it is, inexplicably wonderful. He tries to explore what exactly about the sport makes so many parents encourage their children to join Little League and what makes even the most disappointed fans come crawling back for more. Littlefield appraoches the game with an intelligent, wry and yet completely devoted perspective that fits his subject matter perfectly.

Henry Horenstein's photographs are a perfect complement, depicting in brilliant color baseball from the green cathedrals of the big American cities to stickball on the streets of South America. Baseball Days is a must for all fans of America's game.