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Baseball and New York: A Poetic Walk

Author : Randall Wayne McLean
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781460275757

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For Randall McLean, talking about baseball is as easy as breathing. He can have a casual conversation with anybody on any baseball-related topic. As a baseball aficionado and researcher, Randall (nicknamed "Bando") grew up around baseball, from playing Little League to coaching Little League. In "Baseball and New York: A Poetic Walk," Randall writes on a vast array of all things baseball and New York - from his trips to Cooperstown at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, to his adventurous first and subsequent trips to New York City, including his experience during 9/11. He not only walks you through written historical achievements, but also his own personal baseball stories, which is reflected through his poetry. From his insightful humor and personal viewpoints into baseball, his passion for the game shows through in his writings, not only for the experienced baseball fan, but for those who want to cherish and celebrate history. His love for the sport has inspired him to write "Baseball and New York: A Poetic Walk," his first written homage to the sport. Randall lives with his wife outside Vancouver, British Columbia. For more information, visit: www.baseball-sayitaintso.blogspot.ca/

How Baseball Happened

Author : Thomas W. Gilbert
Publisher : Godine+ORM
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781567926880

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The untold story of baseball’s nineteenth-century origins: “a delightful look at a young nation creating a pastime that was love from the first crack of the bat” (Paul Dickson, The Wall Street Journal). You may have heard that Abner Doubleday or Alexander Cartwright invented baseball. Neither did. You may have been told that a club called the Knickerbockers played the first baseball game in 1846. They didn’t. Perhaps you’ve read that baseball’s color line was first crossed by Jackie Robinson in 1947. Nope. Baseball’s true founders don’t have plaques in Cooperstown. They were hundreds of uncredited, ordinary people who played without gloves, facemasks, or performance incentives. Unlike today’s pro athletes, they lived full lives outside of sports. They worked, built businesses, and fought against the South in the Civil War. In this myth-busting history, Thomas W. Gilbert reveals the true beginnings of baseball. Through newspaper accounts, diaries, and other accounts, he explains how it evolved through the mid-nineteenth century into a modern sport of championships, media coverage, and famous stars—all before the first professional league was formed in 1871. Winner of the Casey Award: Best Baseball Book of the Year

Extra Innings

Author : Lee Bennett Hopkins
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0152268332

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A collection of nineteen poems about baseball, including playing and watching the game.

Poem Central

Author : Shirley McPhillips
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781003843986

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In everything we have to understand, poetry can help. Tony Hoagland, Harper's , April 2013 In Poem Central: Word Journeys with Readers and Writers , Shirley McPhillips helps us better understand the central role poetry can play in our personal lives and in the life of our classrooms. She introduces us to professional poets, teachers, and students----people of different ages and walks of life---who are actively engaged in reading and making poems. Their stories and their work show us the power of poems to illuminate the ordinary, to nurture, inspire and stand alongside us for the journey. Poem Central is divided into three main parts-;weaving poetry into our lives and our classrooms, reading poems, and writing poems. McPhillipshas structured the book in short sections that are easy to read and dip into. Each section has a specific focus, provides background knowledge, shows poets at work, highlights information on crafting, defines poetic terms, features finished work, includes classroom examples, and lists additional resources. In Poem Central -; a place where people and poems meet-;teachers and students will discover how to find their way into a poem, have conversations around poems, and learn fresh and exciting ways to make poems. Readers will enjoy the dozens of poems throughout the book that serve to instruct, to inspire, and to send us on unique word journeys of the mind and heart.

The Pitch Is on the Way

Author : Dan Liberthson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Baseball
ISBN : 0978768310

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How does it feel to love, play, and watch baseball as a kid and as an adult? After a Foreword by Peter Magowan, ex-President of the SF Giants, 50 poems and 21 professional illustrations depict the players and the plays; the challenges of each position; the ups and downs of hitting and fielding; the role of support staff like umpires and coaches; and baseball's fabled history. Poetry can be fun--especially these vividly imagined poems with straightforward language that tell spell-binding stories about baseball. "In his baseball poems Dan Liberthson turns the diamond this way and that to reveal the many facets of the game and of our varied relationships to it. He does so with sharp images and wit."--Bill McGill, ex-Editor, Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine "I could not put this book down. The insight is incredible! I literally could feel, see, smell, and be in each poem. Dan Liberthson has poetically found the essence of our great game. I had a grin on my face reading each and every poem."--Brian Doyle, New York Yankees and Oakland Athletics infielder (1978-81) and hero of the 1978 World Series (batted .437 for the Yankees)" "Anyone who knows and loves baseball will enjoy this remarkable collection of poems."--Peter A. Magowan, ex-President, SF Giants "Liberthson does for baseball what Robert Frost did for New England. Though I'm not a baseball fan, this book distills the game's mystique so powerfully that I long for summer and the ballpark."--Nancy Etchemendy, Award-Winning Author and Poet "I have reviewed your book and, quite frankly, it is a joy to read. You certainly capture the passion of the sport and the sociological influence on many millions of people over the past 130 years."--Allan H. (Bud) Selig, ex-Commissioner of Baseball

Sports

Author : Donald L. Deardorff
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000-09-30
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780313095467

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This guide to the available literature on sports in American culture during the last two decades of the 20th century is a companion to Jack Higg's Sports: A Reference Guide (Greenwood, 1982). The types of individual or team sports included in this volume include those that are viewed as physical contests engaged in for physical, emotional, spiritual, or psychological fulfillment. With a focus on books alone, chapters review the available literature regarding sports and each concludes with a bibliography. Academic journals likely to contain articles on the topics discussed are listed at the end of each chapter. Twelve chapters discuss sports and American history, business and law, education, ethnicity and race, gender, literature, philosophy and religion, popular culture, psychology, science and technology, sociology and world history. This reference and guide to further research will appeal to scholars of popular culture and sports. An index and two appendixes are included, one listing important dates in American sports from 1980 through 2000 and one listing sports halls of fame, museums, periodicals, and websites.

The New York School Poets and the Neo-Avant-Garde

Author : Dr Mark Silverberg
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781409475774

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The New York School Poets and the Neo-Avant-Garde by Dr Mark Silverberg Pdf

New York City was the site of a remarkable cultural and artistic renaissance during the 1950s and '60s. In the first monograph to treat all five major poets of the New York School-John Ashbery, Barbara Guest, Kenneth Koch, Frank O'Hara, and James Schuyler-Mark Silverberg examines this rich period of cross-fertilization between the arts. Silverberg uses the term 'neo-avant-garde' to describe New York School Poetry, Pop Art, Conceptual Art, Happenings, and other movements intended to revive and revise the achievements of the historical avant-garde, while remaining keenly aware of the new problems facing avant-gardists in the age of late capitalism. Silverberg highlights the family resemblances among the New York School poets, identifying the aesthetic concerns and ideological assumptions they shared with one another and with artists from the visual and performing arts. A unique feature of the book is Silverberg's annotated catalogue of collaborative works by the five poets and other artists. To comprehend the coherence of the New York School, Silverberg demonstrates, one must understand their shared commitment to a reconceptualized idea of the avant-garde specific to the United States in the 1950s and '60s, when the adversary culture of the Beats was being appropriated and repackaged as popular culture. Silverberg's detailed analysis of the strategies the New York School poets used to confront the problem of appropriation tells us much about the politics of taste and gender during the period, and suggests new ways of understanding succeeding generations of artists and poets.

A Walk in the City

Author : Thomas Porky McDonald
Publisher : Author House
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781496959379

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A random poem, written on a birthday years before, finds a new life when a series of interrelated profiles come together in a most unexpected way. This is what constitutes A Walk in the City, writer/poet Thomas Porky McDonald's New York City travelogue. A compilation of pieces written originally for an internal website at his workplace in New York City transit, this volume shares brief, yet effective vignettes on a number of various sites in the city--some famous, and others hardly on the radar. It is dedicated to the average tourist and/or the lifetime New Yorker. McDonald's love of the place he's called home for his entire life comes across most vibrantly. Though the outer boroughs are touched upon transiently, this collection of go-to sketches and reminisces is centered mainly in Manhattan, which--as any New Yorker knows--is the place that all those who live in Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island call "The City." From the world famous sites, like the Empire State Building and Times Square to hidden jewels like the New York City Transit Museum, the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace, or the New York City Fire Museum, A Walk in the City provides something for anyone seeking interesting pit stops in New York, whether planned ahead or merely in the course of a day already begun. The book is subtitled An Incomplete Tour since it is McDonald's contention that no one could truly put every point of interest in the city into a single volume. Here, an unencumbered collection of articles attempts to send the reader out in search of something that cannot be explained without actually having the experience of being there. In any case, this is a city wanderers' bonanza, one that should be considered by anyone who aspires to explore the diverse venues located in the greatest city in the world.

Tiger Stadium

Author : Michael Betzold,John Davids,Bill Dow
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-30
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786464487

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Tiger Stadium by Michael Betzold,John Davids,Bill Dow Pdf

Built in 1912, Detroit's Tiger Stadium provided unmatched access for generations of baseball fans. Based on a classic grandstand design, its development through the 20th century reflected the booming industrial city around it. Emphasizing utility over adornment and offering more fans affordable seats near the field than any other venue in sports, it was in every sense a working-class ballpark that made the game the central focus. Drawing on the perspectives of historians, architects, fans and players, the authors describe how Tiger Stadium grew and adapted and then, despite the efforts of fans, was abandoned and destroyed. It is a story of corporate welfare, politics and indifference to history pitted against an enduring love of place. Chronological diagrams illustrate the evolution of the playing field.

Poem Runs

Author : Douglas Florian
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780547688381

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A collection of poems about baseball.

Still Learning to Read

Author : Franki Sibberson,Karen Szymusiak
Publisher : Stenhouse Publishers
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Reading (Elementary)
ISBN : 9781625310262

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Foreword by Colby Sharp In the decade since the first edition of Still Learning to Read was published, the prevalence of testing and the Common Core State Standards have changed what is expected of both teachers and students. The new edition of Still Learning to Read focuses on the needs of students in grades 3-6 in all aspects of reading workshop, including reading workshop, read-aloud, classroom design, digital tools, fiction, nonfiction, and close reading. The book stays true to its original beliefs of slowing down and knowing our readers, but it also takes into account the sense of urgency that changing times and standards impose on classrooms. This edition examines current trends in literacy, includes a new section on intentional instructional planning, and provides expanded examples of mini-lessons and routines that promote deeper thinking about learning. It also includes a brand new chapter on scaffolding for reading nonfiction and showcases the authors' latest thinking on close reading and text complexity. Online videos provide glimpses into classrooms as students make book choices, work in small groups, and discuss their reading notebooks. Expanded and updated book lists, recommendations for digital tools, lesson cycles, and sections specifically written for school leaders round out this foundational resource.

Keep It R.E.A.L.!

Author : Mary Amanda Stewart
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807776650

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This book introduces a set of pedagogical practices designed to assist adolescent English learners in developing their English skills in a way that honors and leverages their native languages and cultures. Responding to the linguistic and educational diversity of adolescents, the R.E.A.L. (Relevant, Engaging, and Affirming Literacy) method offers teachers a range of scalable activities, reading lists, and other resources, along with numerous suggestions on how to adapt them for students’particular needs. By sharing experiences from actual secondary English classes, Stewart presents diverse learners making meaningful connections to texts and responding through writing, speaking, and other artistic means. These students are developing high levels of literacy, English language skills, and even biliteracy through R.E.A.L. instruction that all English teachers can use. “Keep It R.E.A.L. is a must-read for secondary teachers and teacher educators who want their students to appreciate literacy as a critical resource for lifelong learning. This is truly an invaluable resource for teachers of multilingual youth.” —Christian Faltis, chair and professor, The Ohio State University “A must-have resource! The powerful student-centered and teacher-friendly framework Mary Amanda Stewart offers in this book makes building literacy skills for adolescent English learners achievable and impactful.” —Andrea Honigsfeld, associate dean and director, Molloy College, New York

Literary Cash

Author : Bob Batchelor
Publisher : BenBella Books, Inc.
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781935251606

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The legendary lyrics of Johnny Cash are the inspiration for this collection of extraordinarily creative works that provides a new spin on this musical legend. For nearly five decades, Cash captivated audiences with his unique voice and candid portrayal of the gritty life of a working man, and his songs continue to strike a chord with listeners today. But it is the stories behind the music that remain with audiences and provide the inspiration for the work in this thoughtful compilation of fiction and non-fiction from contributors such as Lauren Baratz-Logsted, Don Cusic, Gretchen Moran Laskas, Amanda Nowlin, and Russell Rowland.

Poet in the Grandstand

Author : Thomas Porky McDonald
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-18
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781452073507

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In the area of ballpark hopping, there have been a number of accounts written, recorded or talked about in recent times, sometimes for a cause or others just as a gimmick. Through Poet in the Grandstand, poet and writer Thomas Porky McDonald gives us a most unique twist on a preoccupation which has grown in the past few decades, in the wake of the closings of classic old yards and the birth of the more entertainment and nostalgia driven open-air parks. From his first trip in 1990, to the fabled Comiskey Park of Shoeless Joe Jackson, Bill Veeck and the Go-Go Sox, on through to the 2010 opening of Minnesotas fabulous Target Field, featuring the modern M&M Boys, Joe Mauer and Justin Mourneau, McDonald offers up a book that is part travelogue and part poetic tribute to all the places that men and women have gone to over the years for a very personal sense of joy. This journey, done methodically, over two decades, picks up steam as the chapters begin to flow. The effect of McDonald himself clearly growing as a poet through the years is accentuated by the fact that more and more pieces are written in the later trips. The end result is a most interesting volume of not just ballparks, but Americana, as numerous attractions taken in during those ballpark weeks and weekends are also noted and/or dissected. For fourteen seasons on his own and then six more accompanied by friend and confidant Adam Boneker, McDonalds travels, highlighted by over 300 poems, can take the reader back to a simpler time or into the possibilities of the future. In chapter and in verse, Poet in the Grandstand has something for both the baseball enthusiast and the curious traveler. Fans of the game and lovers of the road will each find much to offer within these pages.

New York Walks

Author : Andrew White
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : WISC:89076952308

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This guide includes 23 walks exploring the Big Apple. The contributors - a collection of historians, novelists, journalists and comedians - are united by their passion for the city, drawing on personal infatuations and professional expertise. Whether exploring the ever-changing face of the Lower East Side, or the varied neighbourhoods of uptown Manhattan, the result is a collection of walks to be enjoyed at home or explored on the streets and in the parks, shops and bars of New York.