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 explains how laughter is the best medicine to deal with your team's woes.
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Pete Peterson remembers how the Pirates and the Cubs often battled for last place during his childhood in the 1950's.
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Pete looks back on the rough seasons for the Pirates and the Cardinals.
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The St. Louis Cardinals have a statue of Mark McGwire ready if he ever gets elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Pete Peterson describes an intense atmosphere as his family attended a Pittsburgh Pirates game recently.
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Commentator Pete Peterson and his wife, Anita, are both retired teachers.
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WSIU commentator Pete Peterson remembers his days pumping as as just two states still mandate full-service gas stations.
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Pete Peterson's commentary focuses on how a study has determined climate change is helping produce more home runs in Major League Baseball.
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Pete Peterson explains how superstitious baseball fans are, especially his own wife.
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In his latest commentary, Pete Peterson looks at how quicker games are creating an unexpected problem involving beer sales.