Well today, March 4, may not feel like spring since the website, Weather Underground, says it's only 20 degrees outsided, with a windchill of -1. Still we need to be optimistic about spring, because that means baseball is here. While looking through the sporting books, I came across a book that I think many of you might enjoy. It's "Anson to Zuber: Iowa Boys in the Major Leagues" by Jerry E. Clark.
Before opening up the book, I thought it would be arranged like most encyclopedias that talk about athletes alphabetically with all the stats listed. I was wrong. Each chapter is devoted to a different time period. It's written more like a magazine or newspaper article, with the athletes' names in bold print.
The index is divided into two parts: "Index of Baseball Personalities" and "Index of Iowa Cities and Towns". That's a feature I really liked. Since I've lived in the Waterloo area all of my life, I was curious about what was listed for northeast Iowa.
Oh, and don't overlook the introduction, either (something I do quite frequently, I hate to admit). There are about nine pages of overview of baseball's long history.
"Anson to Zuber: Iowa Boys in the Major Leagues" by Jerry E. Clark can be found on the second floor under the call number 796.357 CLE.
c Waterloo Public Library 2007
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