Reviews for Redheaded Outfield and Other Baseball Stories

The average rating for Redheaded Outfield and Other Baseball Stories based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-12-27 00:00:00 Debra Dufek When I was a mere lad some 60 years prior, "The Red-Headed Outfield" was included in a Cub Scout magazine called Boys' Life, to which I subscribed. Red Gilbat (batty), Reddy Clammer (clamors for attention), and the Willie Mays-esque Reddie Ray (a ray of light) captured my young imagination. In subsequent years I have searched for "The Red-Headed Outfield," even combing the books for sale at the Zane Grey museum in eastern Ohio, but only found it in rare books selling for upwards of $50. What a surprise when my daughter presented me with this classic on my 70th birthday. I dove into it, and yes, Red was still goofy, Reddy still a hot dog, and Reddie the epitome of class, grace, competitiveness, and athletic perfection. The other stories in the book are amusing (in an anachronistic sense), but you go to a steak house for the steak, not the potatoes. Feast on the title story, and imagine yourself covering the entire outfield, then winning the game with an inside the park grand slam. Now if my daughter could locate an authentic Reddie Ray jersey....

Review # 2 was written on 2020-08-05 00:00:00 Janet Scheetz Written in 1915, these baseball stories for boys are interesting, and evoke a spirit of the time in which they are set. Baseball has certainly changed in the last hundred years!