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Reading Baseball: Can baseball save us from politics?

The box score from the first game Pete Peterson attended in person with his father in 1948.
Pete Peterson
The box score from the first game Pete Peterson attended in person with his father in 1948.

November 5 is Election Day.

If the current political atmosphere has you wanting a distraction, commentator Pete Peterson may have just the thing.

In his latest edition of Reading Baseball, Pete tries to answer the question: Can baseball save us from politics?

Reading Baseball is a series of essays and commentaries by Richard “Pete” Peterson, author of Growing Up With Clemente and editor of The St. Louis Baseball Reader.

Richard "Pete" Peterson is the creative force behind WSIU Radio's Reading Baseball Series. Pete's original essays and commentaries are a regular staple for any fan of the game.
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