"Baseball Ballads" by Grantland Rice is a collection of poems dedicated to America's favorite game. The author, a renowned sports journalist and writer, draws inspiration from the energy and emotion of baseball games, revealing the depth of feeling that accompanies every hit, every moment of victory or defeat. In his poems, Rice makes skillful use of linguistic devices that help the reader feel the atmosphere of the stadium, hear the splash of the ball hit, and feel the tension of the baseball game. "Baseball Ballads" are not only poems about sports, they are a kind of homiletic work that reveals the deep meaning and significance of baseball as a symbol of American culture and national identity."