Baseball Ballads by Grantland Rice ~ Full Audiobook [poetry]

Baseball Ballads by Grantland Rice audiobook. Genre: poetry Baseball Ballads (originally published as Base-ball Ballads) gathers Grantland Rice's early twentieth-century verse into a spirited celebration of Americas game, written by a sportswriter who understood both the box score and the crowds heartbeat. Across quick, musical poems and longer narrative ballads, Rice turns innings into scenes, players into larger-than-life figures, and ordinary afternoons into contests of nerve, luck, and pride. The collection ranges from rousing calls to the first pitch to wry portraits of fans, umpires, and hard-luck clubs, capturing the humor, heartbreak, and bragging rights that hang on a single swing. Familiar baseball mythmaking runs through the book, including Rice's own riffs on the Mudville tradition and other tales of pressure at the plate, where confidence can become calamity in a breath. With vivid imagery and a performers sense of rhythm, these poems preserve a bygone ballpark atmosphere while still speaking to anyone who has lived through a tight ninth inning. Baseball Ballads is both a time capsule of the sports golden age and a lively reminder of why the game keeps producing legends. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:00:51) Chapter 02 (00:02:15) Chapter 03 (00:04:34) Chapter 04 (00:09:29) Chapter 05 (00:11:48) Chapter 06 (00:14:10) Chapter 07 (00:16:31) Chapter 08 (00:18:00) Chapter 09 (00:19:46) Chapter 10 (00:21:25) Chapter 11 (00:24:23) Chapter 12 (00:26:38) Chapter 13 (00:28:05) Chapter 14 (00:30:04) Chapter 15 (00:32:02) Chapter 16 (00:33:19) Chapter 17 (00:35:36) Chapter 18 (00:39:09) Chapter 19 (00:41:45) Chapter 20 (00:44:02) Chapter 21 (00:45:44) Chapter 22 (00:47:20) Chapter 23 (00:49:35) Chapter 24 (00:51:56) Chapter 25 (00:53:41) Chapter 26 (00:55:22) Chapter 27 (00:57:09) Chapter 28 (00:58:49) Chapter 29 (01:01:59) Chapter 30 (01:03:59) Chapter 31 (01:06:53) Chapter 32 (01:12:10) Chapter 33 (01:13:16) Chapter 34 (01:15:31) Chapter 35 (01:17:13) Chapter 36 (01:19:12) Chapter 37 (01:20:24) Chapter 38 (01:22:30) Chapter 39 (01:24:14) Chapter 40 (01:26:11) Chapter 41 (01:27:42) Chapter 42 (01:30:42) Chapter 43 (01:32:43) Chapter 44 (01:34:46) Chapter 45 (01:36:22) Chapter 46 (01:38:47) Chapter 47 (01:44:31) Chapter 48 (01:45:40) Chapter 49 (01:47:51) Chapter 50 (01:49:42) Chapter 51 (01:53:33) Chapter 52 (01:55:19) Chapter 53 (01:58:17) Chapter 54 (01:59:34) Chapter 55 (02:02:04) Chapter 56 (02:04:35) Chapter 57 (02:08:09) Chapter 58 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices