Keepers of the Game: When the Baseball Beat Was the Best Job on the Paper

There was a time when the most prestigious job on a major newspaper belonged to the baseball beat writer, who enjoyed unparalleled longevity and influence within his profession. Through a variety of events and circumstances—television, expansion, all-sports radio, lifestyle changes, and the Internet revolution—those days are long gone. The baseball beat writers endure, but jobs change, and they now face new challenges.

Keepers of the Game celebrates the last generation of baseball writers wh...