In 1949, SPORT magazine published "Lineup for Yesterday," a collection of poems by Ogden Nash celebrating the greatest big -eague baseball players of the 1800s and early 1900s. In it, the famous wordsmith paid entertaining tribute to 24 legends of the diamond, encapsulating each in just 4 clever lines. Creative Editions is proud to present Nash's classic to a new generation in this, its first-ever publication as a picture book"Twenty-four players of the first half of the 20th century are profiled in playful, humorous short poems with an ABCB rhyme scheme.a work that can be joyfully shared by young baseball enthusiasts with parents and grandparents, who will add their own memories of favorite players of later eras. Lovingly nostalgic." (Kirkus).