Selected Shorts: Short Stories Recorded Live at Symphony Space (Cassette Bookshelf, Vol. 4)

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Summary: great presentation of baseball writing
Review: First, IGNORE the title shown by Amazon.com. The real title of this set of tape recordings is "Selected Shorts Celebrates Baseball." While the title shown, "spaceball," seems to evoke the 21st century, the baseball short stories read in this tape actually give a great feel for baseball during the 20th century. The set of stories are introduced with great insight and humor by Roger Angell and Bart Giamatti. The short stories include John Updike's well known "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu." Overall, I think this is a great recording and something I listen to every spring. It always gives me a chuckle and makes be appreciate the game of baseball. It also reminds me of all the great baseball writing.