Band of Neighbors
June 30, 2003 · James W. Haley Jr., Magazine, Books and Arts
The Bedford Boys
James Haley contributed to The Weekly Standard in the early 2000s, writing on topics ranging from community life to baseball. His pieces for the magazine touched on both American culture and sports.
The Bedford Boys
FOR BASEBALL GAMES PLAYED IN DISTANT CITIES in the 1930s and 1940s, local baseball announcers would read the telegraph wire to find out what had happened on each play, add canned applause and the recorded sound of a bat, and broadcast games as if they were really watching the players. Arch…