From zany mascots to the most beautiful ballparks ever, and from great traditions to humorous anecdotes from the game, I Love Baseball explores the many reasons we love baseball. It’s all the inspirational men and moments that enliven the sportplayers’ thoughts on the game they love so deeplyquotes from sportswriters and from classic movies on baseball celebrities who have fallen in love with the gamethe lighter side of baseball from quirky ballpark features to the game’s rich humoreven the oddities from baseball’s spectacular “sideshow" Based on assiduous research and the author's exclusive interviews with baseball legends past and present, this book will be a cherished keepsake for fans of the game everywhere.