You may have heard something about a Total Solar Eclipse in the area on August 21st.

In this edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson says there is actually a novel that includes a story of an eclipse and America's pastime.

Reading Baseball is a series of essays and commentaries by Richard "Pete" Peterson, the author, with his son, Stephen, of "The Slide: Leyland, Bonds and the Star-Crossed Pittsburgh Pirates" and the editor of "The St. Louis Baseball Reader."