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 talks about how the bleakness of January became more tolerable one year with the introduction of a televised Home Run Derby. -
WSIU's Pete Peterson remembers the holiday season 50 years ago that featured an exhilarating football moment and an unimaginable tragedy for a Hall of Fame baseball player.
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Pete Peterson looks back at the 2022 St. Louis Cardinals baseball season and how all it lacked was a storybook ending.
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Pete Peterson provides a commentary on how the organizers of the Pittsburgh Marathon continue to seek his participation in the event.
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Pete Peterson talks about how baseball umpires are among the most abused sports officials.
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Pete Peterson looks at the debate and tries to explain why the game’s rich history still leads him to call baseball America’s game.
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Pete Peterson has the unusual story about when two men — both named Ron Shelton — ended up on the same minor league baseball team.
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Pete Peterson's commentary explains how baseball took over St. Louis in 1922.
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In this special commentary, Pete Peterson says the latest name change of a stadium has fans of one NFL team up in arms.
