Fathers Sons and the Holy Ghosts of Baseball Author|Phyllis Strupp Her honors include a Massachusetts

Her honors include a Massachusetts Cultural Council Award and Boston's GrubStreet Poetry Prize

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Fathers Sons and the Holy Ghosts of Baseball Author|Phyllis Strupp Her honors include a MassachusettsTime often slows and even stops in the small town of Cottage Park Iowa. In fact time is best measured not by the hands of a clock but by the innings of a baseball game. Praying and playing baseball are two of the town's primary activities. Actually they are one in the same in a town where baseball is a religion. Still time does eventually flow on. Much like the Des Moines River just outside Cottage Park time leads to the site of the 1974 Iowa high