The perfect gift for baseball fans! Featuring rare reading and commentary by Roger Angell and the late great commissioner of baseball A. Bartlett Giamatti

Roger Angell and A. Bartlett Giamatti's Play By Play

John Updike's Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu

read by Jack Davidson

Ted Williams' miraculous Fenway farewell.

Rolfe Humphries' Polo Grounds

read by Fritz Weaver

Robert Francis' Pitcher and Base Stealer

read by Arthur French

Robert Fitzgerald's Cobb Would Have Caught It

read by Jonathan Hadary

Roger Angell's Game Six

read by the author

The classic description of the greatest game ever played.

Yusef Komunyakaa's Glory

read by Isaiah Sheffer

W.P. Kinsella's The Thrill of the Grass

read by John Shea

Longing for the good old days, a true baseball fan starts a quiet revolt against artificial turf.

Ken Kalfus' The Joy and Melancholy Baseball Trivia Quiz

read by Jack Davidson

A sophisticated comic flair, describes a number of entirely fictional baseball records.

T.C. Boyle's The Hector Quesadilla Story

read by Jerry Zaks

The funniest baseball story ever written - after 30 innings, the game still ain't over!

A. Bartlett Giamatti's The Green Fields of the Mind

read by the author

The reasons why we'll always love baseball.

Selected Shorts is an award-winning, one-hour program featuring readings of classic and new short fiction, recorded live at New York's Symphony Space. One of the most popular series on the airwaves, this unique show is hosted by Isaiah Sheffer and produced for radio by Symphony Space and WNYC Radio.

"...this story is gentle, hilarious and beautifully observed...Who needs satellite radio?" - From the Las Vegas Sun