This is a book about hometowns, small and large, experienced through the game of sandlot baseball. Some focus on the game, the rules, or even the ball, while others are about people and their relationships. from East to West, including Alaska and Hawaii, and a few are even from Japan. The stories are spread across the entire U.S. The writers of these sandlot stories come from all walks of life – some are millionaires, some are mothers and grandmothers, one was sleeping in a car when we first met him while putting himself through college to become a writer, some are immigrants from other lands, and many are those of us who grew up in small town America.Įach story is woven around its own place and time, whether a town, a backyard, or a street, from 1910 through the 1980’s.
With these uniquely personal accounts, given by dozens of people from across the world, Sandlot Stories invites its readers into the lives of everyday people as they look back and remember the great American game. See the international passion for baseball through the eyes of children who played.
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