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valuable...[the author's] research is exhaustive and his discussion solid and thoughtful. Highly recommended --<i>Choice</i>; McFarland has one of the best books about movie baseball ever.... This is Hal Erickson, folks, and you can be assured of a good read and solid information...a must for all baseball fans. Recommended --<i>Classic Images</i>; a marvelous book...very highly recommended...thoroughly researched and well written --<i>ARBA</i>; exhaustive...extensive research...excellent bibliography and index add value...very readable --<i>Booklist</i>; outstanding...highly entertaining reading...fun...useful --<i>Spitball</i>; an exhaustive examination and critic of the cinema as it pertains to the sport --<i>ForeWord Magazine</i>; complete credits, story outlines, and reports on each film's success make this volume the best ever produced about baseball film --<i>Sports Collectors Digest</i>; detailed --<i>The SABR Bulletin</i>; behind-the-scenes information --<i>The Intelligencer Record</i>; critical analysis and synopsis of every listing --<i>The Times/Beaver Newspapers</i> (Pennsylvania); remarkable research...jam-packed with comedy...ballpark scenes...are first rate...almost as good as it can get...extremely thorough --<i>The Sports Book File</i>; exhaustive...detailed...a welcome addition --<i>Baseball Insight</i>; fabulous...a remarkable achievement --<i>One More Inning</i>; a must --<i>The Diamond Angle.</i>

valuable...[the author's] research is exhaustive and his discussion solid and thoughtful. Highly recommended --Choice; McFarland has one of the best books about movie baseball ever.... This is Hal Erickson, folks, and you can be assured of a good read and solid information...a must for all baseball fans. Recommended --Classic Images; a marvelous book...very highly recommended...thoroughly researched and well written --ARBA; exhaustive...extensive research...excellent bibliography and index add value...very readable --Booklist; outstanding...highly entertaining reading...fun...useful --Spitball; an exhaustive examination and critic of the cinema as it pertains to the sport --ForeWord Magazine; complete credits, story outlines, and reports on each film's success make this volume the best ever produced about baseball film --Sports Collectors Digest; detailed --The SABR Bulletin; behind-the-scenes information --The Intelligencer Record; critical analysis and synopsis of every listing --The Times/Beaver Newspapers (Pennsylvania); remarkable research...jam-packed with comedy...ballpark scenes...are first rate...almost as good as it can get...extremely thorough --The Sports Book File; exhaustive...detailed...a welcome addition --Baseball Insight; fabulous...a remarkable achievement --One More Inning; a must --The Diamond Angle.

“valuable...[the author’s] research is exhaustive and his discussion solid and thoughtful. Highly recommended”—Choice; “McFarland has one of the best books about movie baseball ever.... This is Hal Erickson, folks, and you can be assured of a good read and solid information...a must for all baseball fans. Recommended”—Classic Images; “a marvelous book...very highly recommended...thoroughly researched and well written”—ARBA; “exhaustive...extensive research...excellent bibliography and index add value...very readable”—Booklist; “outstanding...highly entertaining reading...fun...useful”—Spitball; “an exhaustive examination and critic of the cinema as it pertains to the sport”—ForeWord Magazine; “complete credits, story outlines, and reports on each film’s success make this volume the best ever produced about baseball film”—Sports Collectors Digest; “detailed”—The SABR Bulletin; “behind-the-scenes information”—The Intelligencer Record; “critical analysis and synopsis of every listing”—The Times/Beaver Newspapers (Pennsylvania); “remarkable research...jam-packed with comedy...ballpark scenes...are first rate...almost as good as it can get...extremely thorough”—The Sports Book File; “exhaustive...detailed...a welcome addition”—Baseball Insight; “fabulous...a remarkable achievement”—One More Inning; “a must”—The Diamond Angle.

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Hal Erickson is the author of numerous media-related books and was for many years a primary editor of the All-Movie Guide website. He lives and works in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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