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Reading Baseball

WSIU Public Radio

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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Reading Baseball: "42"

Reading Baseball ·

2013/04/26

The biographical sports drama about the life of Jackie Robinson called "42" is currently in movie theaters across the country.

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4:27

Reading Baseball: Kent Haruf

Reading Baseball ·

2013/04/12

A former English professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is hitting a home run as a novelist.

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4:08

Reading Baseball: Home Opener '53

Reading Baseball ·

2013/03/29

The Major League Baseball season opens in two days. In his latest edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson remembers attending his first baseball home opener in Pittsburgh and a special Bible that went along with the 1953 season.

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Reading Baseball: Joe Garagiola

Reading Baseball ·

2013/03/15

In this edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson reflects on the career of longtime hall of fame baseball broadcaster Joe Garagiola who recently announced his retirement after nearly 60-years in the booth.

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3:38

Reading Baseball: Remembering Musial

Reading Baseball ·

2013/01/31

St Louis Cardinals legend Stan Musial passed away recently at the age of 92. In his latest edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson tells us of an essay written about Musial almost 60-years ago that defined the character of the Hall of Famer in the midst of his long, illustrious career.

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4:15

Reading Baseball: The Influence of MLK

Reading Baseball ·

2013/01/18

Monday is the federal holiday in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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4:37

Reading Baseball: A Christmas Story

Reading Baseball ·

2012/12/14

Before the leviathan of Black Friday there was a simpler time-honored tradition that ushered in the start of the holiday shopping season. In his latest edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson takes us back to the days of his youth as a department store stock boy when he missed Thanksgiving diner to help prepare for the start of the Christmas Shopping season.

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4:20

Reading Baseball: Pete on Pete

Reading Baseball ·

2012/12/03

What's in a name when it comes to the history of Major League Baseball?

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4:07

Reading Baseball: The Uniform

Reading Baseball ·

2012/10/29

The longstanding tradition of baseball managers wearing uniforms still confounds some fans since coaches in other sports do not wear the same attire as their players. In this edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson explains why managers wear uniforms and takes a look at the evolution of uniforms over the years.

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