XX: OCTOBER EXORCISMS
219 Pesky interview: George Vecsey, Fenway Park, October 2004.
EPILOGUE
221 e-mail: Christopher Vecsey, Ph.D., Colgate University.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
GEORGE VECSEY, a sports columnist for The New York Times, has written about such events as the FIFA World Cup and the Olympics but considers baseball, the sport he's covered since 1960, his favorite game. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter (with Loretta Lynn), which was made into an Academy Award–winning film. He has also served as national and religion reporter for The New York Times, interviewing the Dalai Lama, Tony Blair, Billy Graham, and a host of other noteworthy figures. He lives in New York with his wife, an artist.
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Copyright © 2006 by George Vecsey
All rights reserved.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Vecsey, George.
Baseball: a history of America's favorite game / George Vecsey.—
Modern Library ed.
p. cm. — (Modern Library chronicles book; 25)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
eISBN 978-0-307-49406-1
1. Baseball—United States—History. I. Title. II. Series:
Modern Library chronicles; 25.
GV863.A1V43 2006
796.3570973—dc22 2006045033
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