Starting with a Perfect Game

Step up to the turnstile-this is your ticket to the game. Sit back with some peanuts and Cracker Jacks or put yourself on the pitcher's mound. <I>Starting with a Perfect Game</I> illustrates baseball's stronghold and intrigue past and present using a poetic lineup of all-star anecdotes tales and reflections. Just like the game's forefathers intended <I>Starting with a Perfect Game</I> is divided into nine innings with a ceremonial first pitch seventh-inning stretch and even an extra inning for diehard fans. It starts with a clean slate just as every pitcher does when he takes to the mound on game day and of course there are obstacles throughout especially in the later innings of the so-called perfect game. For the once-yearly ballpark visitor the serious fan who grew up smelling his or her mitt and everyone in-between <I>Starting with a Perfect Game</I> shows an appreciation for all things baseball-well almost all things-and this collection is only the beginning.