Bookworm, no. 104
Stacey May Fowles reviews “From Bytown to the Big Leagues,” edited by Steve Rennie and Bill Nowlin. Ray Reid on Lee Kvern’s “Catch You on the Flipside.” Poetry by Maria Giesbrecht.
Dug Out
From Bytown to the Big Leagues: 150 Years of America’s Pastime in Canada’s Capital, Ottawa Baseball from 1865 to 2025
Edited by Steve Rennie and Bill Nowlin
Society for American Baseball Research
168 pages, softcover and ebook
On a hot July afternoon in 1920, the Ottawa-trained Urban Shocker was on the mound facing Babe Ruth. The future Hall of Famer…
