Field Work
On Baseball and Making a Living
Seiten
2025
Assembly Press (Verlag)
978-1-998336-15-9 (ISBN)
Assembly Press (Verlag)
978-1-998336-15-9 (ISBN)
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Roger Angell meets Hanif Abdurraqib meets Bull Durham in this sharp new collection of baseball writing by Andrew Forbes
The doctor-in-training who became famous for his ability to strike out the best ballplayer of all time. The league-mandated sharpshooter who oversees every MLB game. The baseball players whose bodies are their equipment and whose activism continues to change the course of labour rights. Baseball is a sport, a pastime, an obsession, a dream—and for some, it’s also a day job. Field Work shines a surprising light on the complex relationships between work and play and how we value labour. Equal parts investigation and beautiful digression, these essays celebrate the ways in which baseball shapes the way we move through the world.
The doctor-in-training who became famous for his ability to strike out the best ballplayer of all time. The league-mandated sharpshooter who oversees every MLB game. The baseball players whose bodies are their equipment and whose activism continues to change the course of labour rights. Baseball is a sport, a pastime, an obsession, a dream—and for some, it’s also a day job. Field Work shines a surprising light on the complex relationships between work and play and how we value labour. Equal parts investigation and beautiful digression, these essays celebrate the ways in which baseball shapes the way we move through the world.
Andrew Forbes is the author of two previous collections of baseball writing—The Utility of Boredom (2016) and The Only Way Is the Steady Way (2021)—as well as two collections of short fiction, the novella McCurdle’s Arm, and a novel, The Diapause. He is an active member of the Society for American Baseball Research, having participated in several investigative projects, and his work has been nominated for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award and the Trillium Book Award. Originally from Ottawa, Forbes has lived in Atlantic Canada and rural Eastern Ontario, and now resides in Peterborough, Ontario. For more information, visit andrewgforbes.com.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.5.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 139 x 215 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport | |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-998336-15-8 / 1998336158 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-998336-15-9 / 9781998336159 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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