Men at Work - The Craft of Baseball (Paperback)


In his classic tribute to America's pastime--now with a new introduction--political commentator, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and lifelong sports enthusiast George F. Will travels from the baseball field to the dugout to the locker room to get to the root of the game we all love. He breaks down the sport to its four basic components, managing, pitching, hitting, and fielding, and analyzes the way four of its notables, manager Tony La Russa, pitcher Orel Hershiser, outfielder Tony Gwynn, and shortstop Cal Ripken Jr., approach the game. One of the most acclaimed sports books ever written, "Men at Work" is a revelatory, and often surprising, study of professional baseball.


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In his classic tribute to America's pastime--now with a new introduction--political commentator, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and lifelong sports enthusiast George F. Will travels from the baseball field to the dugout to the locker room to get to the root of the game we all love. He breaks down the sport to its four basic components, managing, pitching, hitting, and fielding, and analyzes the way four of its notables, manager Tony La Russa, pitcher Orel Hershiser, outfielder Tony Gwynn, and shortstop Cal Ripken Jr., approach the game. One of the most acclaimed sports books ever written, "Men at Work" is a revelatory, and often surprising, study of professional baseball.

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Product Details

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Imprint

HarperCollins Publishers

Country of origin

United States

Release date

April 2010

Availability

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

First published

April 2010

Authors

Dimensions

136 x 203 x 25mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - B-format

Pages

400

ISBN-13

978-0-06-199981-9

Barcode

9780061999819

Categories

LSN

0-06-199981-4



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