BuntsSimon and Schuster, 1999 M03 4 - 360 páginas In this New York Times bestseller, Pulitzer Prize-winning author George F. Will returns to baseball with more than seventy finely honed pieces about the sometimes recondite, sometimes frustrating, yet always passionately felt national pastime. Here are Will's eulogy for the late Curt Flood ("Dred Scott in Spikes"), Will on Ted Williams ("When Ted Williams retired in 1960, a sportswriter said that Boston knew how Britain felt when it lost India. Indeed, Britain felt diminished, but also a bit relieved"), and Will on his own baseball career ("I was a very late draft choice of the Mittendorf Funeral Home Panthers. Our color was black"). Here are subjects ranging from the author's 1977 purchase of a single share of stock in the Chicago Cubs to the memorable 1998 season, which is discussed in an all-new essay. For fans of Men at Work and Will's other baseball writings, this book is as pleasurable as a well-executed bunt. |
Contenido
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
THE CUBS AND CONSERVATISM | 21 |
PLAYERS ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD? SAY IT AINT | 28 |
ALEXANDER CARTWRIGHT AND THE Joy of Baseball | 36 |
RONALD REAGAN THE QUESTION IS WHO IS THE ONLY | 43 |
THE EARL | 51 |
SPEAKING STEngelese | 59 |
BASEBALL BY THE ELIAS BOOK | 65 |
GEORGE WILLS BASEBALLA CONSERVATIVE CRITIQUE BY DONALD KAGAN | 148 |
THE ROMANTIC FALLACY In BaseballA REPLY TO DONALD KAGAN | 165 |
BASEBALL ALONG THE BACKROADS | 181 |
SORE WINNER | 203 |
STEVE PALERMOs Game of INCHES | 218 |
NOT LONG ON NUANCE | 224 |
COMING BACK TO CLARK AND ADDISON | 240 |
BABE RUTH Replacement PLAYER | 253 |
THE WORK Of LouisvilleS FATHERS | 72 |
LA PLATAS CHEERFULNESS QUOTIENT | 78 |
ON THE OTHER HAND | 81 |
SYSTEMS EQUILIBrate Really | 94 |
A MOSAIC OF MEMORIES | 108 |
LIVING ON THE LIP OF A VOLCANO | 121 |
AN ACQUIRED TASTE | 134 |
A SPLASH OF HISTORY AS A CURE FOR NOSTALGIA | 267 |
ALOMAR IN CONTEXT | 282 |
CONCLUSION | 313 |
OK TRY TO TOP THIS | 331 |
ART CREDITS AND TEXT PERMISSIONS | 359 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Bunts: Curt Flood, Camden Yards, Pete Rose, and Other Reflections on Baseball George F. Will Vista de fragmentos - 1998 |
Bunts: Curt Flood, Camden Yards, Pete Rose, and Other Reflections on Baseball George F. Will Vista de fragmentos - 1998 |
Bunts: Curt Flood, Camden Yards, Pete Rose, and Other Reflections on Baseball George F. Will Sin vista previa disponible - 1998 |
Términos y frases comunes
All-Star Alomar American League Athletics Babe Ruth ball ballpark Baltimore base baseball fans batter batting average became broadcaster bunt called Cardinals career catcher championship Chicago Cubs commissioner consecutive Cub fans decade Dodgers dugout fielder football franchise free agency Giamatti Giants gloves going Hall of Fame hero Hershiser hitter home runs Indians infield Joe DiMaggio Kagan league record league teams League's Louis Major League Baseball manager Mariners Miller million National League national pastime never night Oakland Orioles outfield owners park pennant Pete Rose Phillies Pirates pitch plate play players playoff radio Red Sox relief pitcher Reston Rigney Ripken Rose Rose's rules runner Russa salary says scored season second baseman shortstop sport spring training Stadium Stan Musial Steinbrenner streak strike zone Ted Williams things throw today's Tony Gwynn umpires White Sox World Series Wrigley Field Yankees York
Referencias a este libro
Imagining Baseball: America's Pastime and Popular Culture David McGimpsey Vista previa limitada - 2000 |