A collection of 'otherworldly' stories collected from baseball players, stadium personnel, umpires, front-office folks, and fans, whichexplores the sometimes amusing and sometimes spooky connection between baseball and the paranormal.
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Rated by buyers - Perfect stocking stuffer or gift for start of baseball season....
I bought a whole batch of these and gave them away for stocking stuffers and kept a batch for the start of baseball season...great book. great price.
Rated by buyers - Haunted Baseball
I actually bought this book for my son in law for Christmas - but I took a peep at it and wow! It is awesome!! I have read tons of ghost stories over the years so by now I am quite discriminating. These stories are not only good and deliciously creepy - they are all true...Haunted Baseball is also packed with many historical facts that make this read a most enjoyable one.
Rated by buyers - Wonderful Read for Baseball Fans
This book packs alot of baseball history, touching stories, folklore and is of great educational use providing it's reader with true facts about the well known superstitions attached to the game.
Being a Red Sox fan, but a total baseball fan..I was pleased that it
covered various teams throughout the league.
I highly recommend this book for all true blue blooded baseball fans and
for would be fans that want to learn more about the game and its superstitions.
Excellent Writing..entertaining and factual.
Rated by buyers - More than a ghost book
Haunted Baseball is more than just a solid collection of ghost stories and odd happenings. Dan Gordon and Mickey Bradley have given us a book filled with scares and spirit. The book, like the sport itself, tell something about the people in it, and transcends the sport and the ghost book genre. The ghosts are there, and the tight research from the authors offers background into such famous haunts and Yankee Stadium and the Vinoy Hotel in St. Petersburg. The stories are well researched and delivered in a subtle eerie way. You become comfortable with the facts and then they slip the rug from under you. The ghosts invade the tales rather than overwhelming them. The very first hand accounts from some of the most respected and well known names in the game makes the stories seem that more real.
But this book is much more than that. The book tells the history of such infamous curses as the goat of Chicago. These stories are known, but Gordon and Bradley get into more detail and reveal the truth behind the myths. The stories of the deceased still mourned by those left behind are touching, especially when you consider the macho athletes retelling them. It asks bigger questions and gives the reader the ideas of average men who happen to be professional player.
Perhaps the real strength of the book lies in its scope. The stories cover the spectrum of the weird and crosses culture lines. Some of the strongest stories are the ones of the Latin players who cherish the ghosts stories are part of their culture. The book even takes us to the Dominican Republic to hauntings players experienced when they were younger.
The audience for Haunted Baseball might be hard to get a handle on. Are there enough ghosts to satisfy the paranormal world and will sports fans be turned off by an mention of a phantom in Fenway. The authors shouldn't have to worry. The balance they create allows the reader to enjoy each story while keeping an eye on the bigger questions.
Rated by buyers - Great Stories
I enjoyed reading all of the stories in this book. If you are a baseball fan you will like it. It has the curses that everybody knows about but it also has things that most people will never know.
- Perfect stocking stuffer or gift for start of baseball season....
- More than a ghost book