The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City by Kevin Baker Kathryn Tuggle These poems emerge directly from

These poems emerge directly from the experience of growing up and living in constant lockdown

" ―Kirkus Reviews

selected as the 2004 winner of the Yale Younger Poets prize

"—Stacy Schiff

The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City by Kevin Baker Kathryn Tuggle These poems emerge directly fromThe New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A hugely entertaining history of baseball and New York City, bursting with larger than life figures and fascinating stories from the games beginnings to the end of World War II. "Youre going to beg for extra innings. Without missing a scandal or a sensation, with an eye on how assimilation transforms the picture, Kevin Baker has written a buoyant, double coming of age story. "Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prize