Triumph and Tragedy in Mudville: A Lifelong Passion for Baseball by Stephen Jay Gould, David Halberstam

A collection of essays on baseball by the late evolutionary biologist and author of Ever Since Darwin shares his love of the national pastime as he reflects on the joys of opening day, childhood streetball, Mickey Mantle, the demise of the .400 hitter, DiMaggio's fifty-six-game hitting streak, and the contradictions of being a lifelong Yankees fan with Red Sox season tickets. 35,000 first printing.