Reading Baseball
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Reading Baseball is a WSIU Radio original series of baseball essays and commentaries by Richard "Pete" Peterson, editor of the St. Louis Baseball Reader and author of Growing Up With Clemente and the upcoming Pops: The Willie Stargell Story.
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Pete Peterson pays homage to this summer’s NubAbility Camp in Du Quoin by looking at some of baseball’s limb-different players over the years. -
A book entitled This Old Man is an account of what it’s like to be old. -
Baseball fans love the game’s history. -
Pete Peterson describes how being a Pittsburgh Pirates fan, especially recently, proves there is crying in baseball. -
Pete Peterson takes a look at a new book out about Earl Weaver that highlights his roots to St. Louis and the Cardinals. -
Pete Peterson explains why a now demolished ballpark is special enough to him to be called his happy place. -
The hot topic at the beginning of the Major League Baseball season was the emergence of torpedo bats. -
Pete Peterson explains how Derek Shelton faced an uphill battle in getting the Pirates to be contenders.
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The recent death of Pope Francis got Reading Baseball commentator Pete Peterson thinking about his visit to the U.S. nearly ten years ago. -
Pete Peterson celebrates the 400th edition of Reading Baseball, which started in 2004.
