Let's Play Ball: Legends and Lessons from America's Favorite Pastime

The much?loved nostalgic art of Jim Daly now highlights this treasury of stories from the ball field.

Among the amber?lit paintings, Al Janssen, writer and baseball enthusiast, transports readers to the field of dreams with intriguing stories, facts, quotes, and stats about baseball?s inspiring legacy. He recalls baseball?s legends and personal memories with keen detail and tender humor.

For anyone who has a cherished collection of baseball cards, is quick to tell of the day they saw a triple play, or eagerly awaits the first game of the season, this tribute will be a gift that scores a smile and a special place among their most treasured baseball possessions.

His subject is baseball. But what's at work beneath it all is that the reason it matters is because of the way it connects us--how it turns men and women back into boys and girls. As Janssen says, "this magnificent sport has handed down to fathers and sons a priceless ritual that gives order to their world."

Let's Play Ball celebrates that to the fullest.


Great book   March 22, 2003
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As baseball season opens and Father's Day draws near, you might want to give serious consideration to getting your dad or favorite baseball fan this little book. It takes readers on a sentimental journey of how special the sport is to the author. You share his enchantment reliving great moments in sports history and the enjoyment of introducing his children to a beloved passtime. Trivia and suggestions to enhance one's enjoyment are given throughout, and drawings worthy of Thomas Kinkade or Sandra Kluck bring the book to vivid life.