David Cowan

John Kuenster

Story of one of the deadliest fires in American history that in 1958 took the lives of ninety-two children and three nuns at a Catholic elementary school in Chicago.

The Story of a Fire

To Sleep with the Angels

Over the course of his long career of covering major league baseball, numerous players, managers, umpires, and games, as well as unexpected and humorous events on and off the field, have made lasting impressions on John Kuenster. This is a selection of essays Kuenster wrote for "Warm Up Tosses," the Baseball Digest column he has written every month since he became editor of the Digest in 1969. He shares his opinions and insights on managers in columns like "Casey Stengel Was One of a Kind" and "George Anderson Still 'Sparky' When Talking Baseball"; history in "President Kennedy, No Stranger to Baseball" and "Baseball's Brightest and Darkest Moments of 1900s"; pitchers in "Here's a Vote for Whitey Ford" and "Complete-Game Pitchers, A Disappearing Breed in the Majors"; umpires in "Umps, Love 'em or Not, They're Vital to the Game"; infielders in "Derek Jeter, Cornerstone of Recent Yankee Championships" and "Third Basemen, Crucial to Winning but Often Overlooked"; outfielders in "Please, No 'Soft Pitches' for Hank Aaron" and "Barry Bonds Had a Season for the Ages"; and catchers in "Many Catchers Struggling through Learning Process". Also included are some of Kuenster's columns about scouts and coaches, team executives, hitting, baseball in general, teams, ball parks, the World Series, humor, and Hall of Famers.

33 Years of Baseball Essays

At Home and Away

An illustrated collection of articles by baseball writers from the 1940s to the present includes pieces about Willie Mays's World Series catch, Bob Feller's Opening Day no-hitter, and Reggie Jackson's three home runs on three swings during the 1977 WorldSeries.

The Greatest Players, the Greatest Games, the Greatest Writers from Baseball's Most Exciting Years

The Best of Baseball Digest

Fifteen of the game's most painful disasters, looking at it from the losers' point of view, including interviews with those involved.

John Kuenster

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