Baseball excerpt from the book Learning Every Day

BASEBALL

Learning Every Day has a section of insights and reflections from sports, with much to say about baseball. Here is an excerpt from page 76:

"I have always appreciated how baseball is interwoven in our country's history and culture.

To learn about baseball--its origins, its players, and the great cities that have served as baseball's stage--is to learn about America."

David Wilson, EdD, is a communications director and former high school principal. His book Learning Every Day is available on Amazon.com. You may email him at ledauthor@gmail.com.

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