"America's National Pastime: My Love Affair with Baseball" is an essay on two of the three NY Yankees versus San Francisco Giants games that were played in San Francisco on June 23rd and 24th, 2007. The storied history of the two teams, the beautiful setting of the baseball park in San Francisco, the glorious summer weather, and the ferry ride that crosses San Francisco Bay to the ballpark merge into a personal memoir on the universal appeal of this very American game that includes a born-and-bred Englishwoman like me, who has been attending games for 40 years.
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Piece Description
"America's National Pastime: My Love Affair with Baseball" is an essay on two of the three NY Yankees versus San Francisco Giants games that were played in San Francisco on June 23rd and 24th, 2007. The storied history of the two teams, the beautiful setting of the baseball park in San Francisco, the glorious summer weather, and the ferry ride that crosses San Francisco Bay to the ballpark merge into a personal memoir on the universal appeal of this very American game that includes a born-and-bred Englishwoman like me, who has been attending games for 40 years.
Broadcast History
KWMR 90.5 FM Pt. Reyes Station, 89.3 FM, Bolinas
"Good Morning West Marin"
9 July 2007
Transcript
see attached document
Read the full transcript
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- My Love Affair with Baseball (my_love_affair_with_baseball_transcript)
Muriel Murch
Posted on October 03, 2007 at 11:08 AM | Permalink
Review of America's National Pastime: My Love Affair with Baseball
I have heard this piece on kwmr radio and loved it. As another Brit who has never been to a baseball game and couldn't understand New York taxi drivers and patients holding their transistor radio close to their ears to listen to the ball game Robbins brings 'going to a baseball game' alive for me.
She takes us on the adventure of going, being at the game and coming home again. Along the way with her acute observations she shows us her fellow travelers and the San Francisco Bay. I can image the day. It must have been beautiful.
I love narration that is well written, well spoken and well produced. This has all three for me as well as just a little ambient sound. Some American audiences might find this piece long. I found it right, lingering as a Saturday afternoon should.
A wonderful end of the summer season remembrance.
Where and when to play it? A weekend slot geared to sharing what is good and beloved by all Americans.