Rhubarb in the Catbird Seat

As a kid I listened to Red Barber and the fumbling losing Dodgers....who finally won a World Series in 1955....and this nice reminisce by the Old Redhead who passed the baton to Vin Scully, who no longer is a kid....this is a fun book for Dodger fans and baseball lovers.

One Of The Top 10 Baseball's Broadcaster's Of All-time. Great Book Told By Red Barber Himself. If You Interested In Books Like This, You're Be Enriched. Larry V Dodson

Love this book. Red Barber went to my alma mater and I worked in the newsroom named after him, but I never knew all of his back story. This is a delightful, honest, homespun account of the Ol' Redhead's humble beginnings and career. Recommend it highly for baseball fans or aspiring broadcasters.

Nice reading.

Great seller, fantastic book. Better than expected. Wonderful bit of baseball history and memorabilia. Red Barber is a larger than life figure, and this book captures it beautifully.

Excellent book, excellent service.

While you are reading this book you can feel the breeze coming through the open windows of a warm summer afternoon. The curtains are billowing and the radio is crackling with excitement. You can hear the crack of the bat, the sing of leather hitting wood. When on the road, going from city to city you are jostled by the motion of the train. Mr. Barber writes such a descriptive story, that you feel that you are right there as part of the story. This takes you back to a gentler time in life. I read this book at the start of every baseball season and never tire of it. I take it out of the library, I love the feel and the smell of the old yellowing pages, the black and white photographs. It puts me in the baseball mood. Sometimes, I feel as though Branch Rickey is going to join me for lunch.

Problem here is that it isn't Barber's book. Creamer, about as southern as Halifax, slicks matters. Skip this. Look at Barber's work without Creamer on 1947 or actual NPR broadcast transcripts, edited, but not intruded upon by Bob Edwards.