Reading Baseball

Sir David Attenborough is most famous for his pioneering work as a natural historian, broadcaster, and author.

His career spans seven decades, making him one of the world's most recognizable voices in nature conservation and environmental education.

In his latest commentary, Pete Peterson celebrates Attenborough’s recent milestone, monumental birthday by remembering his visit to the SIU-Carbondale campus 40 years ago.

The National Football League Draft took place in Pittsburgh a few weeks ago.

In his latest commentary, Pete Peterson tells us why this wasn’t his most memorable draft, despite it being in his hometown.

So far in this young Major League Baseball season, the St. Louis Cardinals are performing much better than the prognosticators envisioned.

Many, predicted St. Louis to finish in last place in the National League Central, but through the first six weeks of the season, the Cardinals are above .500 in a tightly packed division.

In his latest edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson isn’t quite sure what to do with the Cardinals being picked to finish in the basement, lower than his Pittsburgh Pirates.

Reading Baseball is a series of essays and commentaries by Richard “Pete” Peterson, co-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.

Baseball is using an automated system that allows players and managers to challenge the home plate umpire’s call of balls and strikes.

In this edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson asks if taking a human element partly out of the game is making the sport dumber?

Reading Baseball is a series of essays and commentaries by Richard “Pete” Peterson, author of Growing Up With Clemente and editor of The St. Louis Baseball Reader.

Reading Baseball commentator Pete Peterson and his wife Anita have been attending Saluki baseball games for over 50 years.

They were starting to wonder if they would ever make it back to Itchy Jones Stadium, until a recent visit from their daughter Anne.

In his latest commentary, Pete tells us what it was like to take Anita out to the ballgame.

Reading Baseball is a series of essays and commentaries by Richard “Pete” Peterson, author of Growing Up With Clemente and editor of The St. Louis Baseball Reader.

The new Major League Baseball season is underway.

In this edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson tells us about a gift he received from a fan involving a special newspaper edition on the death of the legendary Babe Ruth.

Reading Baseball is a series of essays and commentaries by Richard “Pete” Peterson, author of Growing Up With Clemente and the editor of The St. Louis Baseball Reader.

The death of Pittsburgh Pirates legend Bill Mazeroski was a blow to many baseball fans, especially Reading Baseball commentator Pete Peterson.

In his latest commentary, Pete remembers the hero of the 1960 World Series and the relationships Maz formed during his time in Pittsburgh.

Reading Baseball is a series of essays and commentaries by Richard “Pete” Peterson, co-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.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have won the last two World Series championships.

They continue to add more high-priced talent and outspend every other franchise in the sport.

In this edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson takes a look at some of the most hated teams in sports from his perspective.

Reading Baseball is a series of essays and commentaries by Richard “Pete” Peterson, author of Growing Up With Clemente and the editor of The St. Louis Baseball Reader.

For more than 20 years, WSIU Reading Baseball commentator Pete Peterson has been offering us season’s greetings just before Christmas.

This year, Pete tells us how baseball delivered an early Christmas present in the way teams played the game during the playoffs and World Series.

Reading Baseball is a series of essays and commentaries by Richard “Pete” Peterson, co-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.

The Thanksgiving holiday may always be marred for Americans of a certain age because of the late November assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

In this special commentary, WSIU contributor Pete Peterson recounts what it was like for him to live through what he calls the saddest Thanksgiving.