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Revealing warm ties between Baltimore and its beloved Colts, Olesker's writing makes the events of 1958 seem like only yesterday.

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Like a love poem... to a more innocent time. -- Diane Scharper Baltimore Sun 2009

Table of Contents

Preface: The Ghosts of Ball Games Past
1. The Lost City
2. "Just Look at Those Awful People"
3. The Homely Girl
4. "Way You Chuck 'em In, Hon"
5. Father Raymond Berry
6. Lenny and Big Daddy
7. The Autumn Rituals
8. The Last Rites
9. A Town without Foreplay
10. Sudden Life
11. "They Just Wanted Somebody to Be Happy With"
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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 13/01/2009
      ISBN13: 9780801890628, 978-0801890628
      ISBN10: 0801890624
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Revealing warm ties between Baltimore and its beloved Colts, Olesker's writing makes the events of 1958 seem like only yesterday.

      Trade Review
      Like a love poem... to a more innocent time. -- Diane Scharper Baltimore Sun 2009

      Table of Contents

      Preface: The Ghosts of Ball Games Past
      1. The Lost City
      2. "Just Look at Those Awful People"
      3. The Homely Girl
      4. "Way You Chuck 'em In, Hon"
      5. Father Raymond Berry
      6. Lenny and Big Daddy
      7. The Autumn Rituals
      8. The Last Rites
      9. A Town without Foreplay
      10. Sudden Life
      11. "They Just Wanted Somebody to Be Happy With"
      Note on Sources

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