Wild and Outside - How a Renegade Minor League Revived the Spirit of
Baseball in America's Heartland
by Stefan Fatsis
Come to Sioux Falls and Sioux City, St. Paul and
Duluth, Fargo and Madison, Thunder Bay and Winnipeg,
where the baseball is "wild and outside" -- unpredictable
like an errant pitch, played under the summer sky,
beyond the ranks of organized baseball -- and where
fans and players alike have rediscovered the fun and
romance of the game. This is the completely independent
Northern League of Professional Baseball, and Wild
and Outside is its story. As rich in insights
into baseball's problems as it is full of indelible
portraits, it makes clear how very much baseball still
means to America.
"Understanding the Northern League is to understand
the past and future of grassroots baseball in America.
This is an era in which many of wish baseball could
return to the human level, and this book shows us
much of the way we wish it were." -- Peter Gammons,
ESPN baseball analyst.
"Nothing makes a sportswriter more nervous than an
outsider waltzing into our tight little world and
capturing its essence in graceful prose. Is it that
simple, or is Stefan Fatsis that good? Thank you for
a great book." -- Bob Ryan, The Boston Globe
Price: $10.00
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