Reading Baseball

The Major League Baseball season opens in two days. In his latest edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson remembers attending his first baseball home opener in Pittsburgh and a special Bible that went along with the 1953 season.
 

Reading Baseball is a series of essays and commentaries by Richard "Pete" Peterson, author of Growing Up With Clemente and the forthcoming Pops: The Willie Stargell Story.
 

In this edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson reflects on the career of longtime hall of fame baseball broadcaster Joe Garagiola who recently announced his retirement after nearly 60-years in the booth.

Reading Baseball is an original series of essays and commentaries by Richard "Pete" Peterson, the author of Growing UP With Clemente and the forthcoming Pops: The Willie Stargell Story.

St Louis Cardinals legend Stan Musial passed away recently at the age of 92. In his latest edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson tells us of an essay written about Musial almost 60-years ago that defined the character of the Hall of Famer in the midst of his long, illustrious career.

Reading Baseball is a series of original essays and commentaries by Richard "pete" Peterson, editor fo the St. Louis Baseball Reader and the author of Growing Up with Clemente and  Pops: The Willie Stargell Story, scheduled for publication in May.

Monday is the federal holiday in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.

In his latest edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson looks back at how King's assassination in April 1968 impacted the start of the Major League Baseball season and how King influenced one of the game's greatest players years after his death.
 

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

Before the leviathan of Black Friday there was a simpler time-honored tradition that ushered in the start of the holiday shopping season.  In his latest edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson takes us back to the days of his youth as a department store stock boy when he missed Thanksgiving diner to help prepare for the start of the Christmas Shopping season.

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

What's in a name when it comes to the history of Major League Baseball?

In his latest edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson introduces us to the "other" Pete Peterson and some other ball playing Petes who distinguished themselves between the white lines.

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

The longstanding  tradition of baseball managers wearing uniforms still confounds some fans since coaches in other sports do not wear the same attire as their players.  In this edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson explains why managers wear uniforms and takes a look at the evolution of uniforms over the years.

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