Pete Peterson, and his wife Anita, enjoying a hot dog at the Saluki baseball game on February 28, 2026. (Anne Peterson)

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.