The Best of Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine (Pocket Sports

by Mike Shannon (Editor)

Gathers stories and poems about fans, baseball, and baseball players, and includes brief interviews

Genres: Fiction, Baseball

173 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1988

Reviews

[Roger Heinemann · Rating 3 out of 5]

A slim collection of 21 short stories, poems and interviews on the topic of baseball which appeared in a self-proclaimed baseball literary magazine. The quality level of the selections is inconsistent (which gives one pause if this is the best the publication has to offer). A piece by former major leaguer Jim Brosnan and an interview with him were highlights and the final short story enabled the collection to end on a high note, so I'm giving it a generous three stars.

[Christopher · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an example of the kind of baseball book one doesn't see very often, notwithstanding how much good baseball literature there is. It is a collection of interviews, poems, short stories, and essays.... There are a few very large collections, but the subtitle says what you need to know about this book: the literary baseball magazine.

[Chip Rickard · Rating 4 out of 5]

An anthology of mostly fictional stories about baseball. There were also also some poems and interviews.