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Reading Baseball
Reading Baseball
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Hosted by Brad Palmer
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Pete Peterson

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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  • the book cover of Straight Man
    Commentary: Out of Left Field
    Reading Baseball commentator Pete Peterson talks about the book Straight Man, which was developed into the TV series Lucky Hank.
  • An overhead view of PNC Park in Pittsburgh
    Reading Baseball: A Baseball Fairy Tale
    Pete Peterson's latest edition of Reading Baseball takes a look at the remarkable story of Drew Maggi.
  • Pete Peterson flanked by his daughter Anne and his wife Anita
    Reading Baseball: Take me out to a Cardinals game
    Pete Peterson tells us about his recent trip to a Pittsburgh Pirates-St. Louis Cardinals game in St. Louis.
  • The cover of the New Yorker magazine portraying clocks in baseball
    Reading Baseball: Baseball on the clock
    Pete Peterson explains his view on the new pitch clock in Major League Baseball.
  • An overhead view of PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates
    Reading Baseball: Take me out to opening day
    Pete Peterson's latest commentary highlights his childhood memories of opening day and the traditions born out of this special day across MLB.
  • (left) Pete in his high school baseball team picture in 1955; (right) a photo taken at the National Baseball Hall of Fame
    Reading Baseball: My Baseball March Madness
    Pete Peterson talks about his dream of playing professional baseball.
  • Cover of the book Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates
    Banning Roberto Clemente
    Reading Baseball commentator Pete Peterson takes exception to a Florida school district temporarily banning a children's book about Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente.
  • A red number 3 written on a wall
    Commentary: McKees Rocks' Damar Hamlin
    WSIU Radio commentator Pete Peterson talks about Damar Hamlin's hometown, which is near where Pete grew up.
  • Reading Baseball: Home Runs in January
    Pete Peterson talks about how the bleakness of January became more tolerable one year with the introduction of a televised Home Run Derby.
  • A picture of Anita and Pete Peterson seated
    50 years ago: A sports triumph and a tragedy
    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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