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Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball
by George F. Will
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Turtleback Books: A Division of Sanval (1991-04)
ISBN: 0785773312
EAN: 9780785773313
Binding/Media: School & Library Binding - 384 pages
SKU: 09010178
Condition: Very Good
Comments: Hardback. Very good condition with no highlights, underlines or notes and no marks. Gift inscription signed by author. Issued with illustrated cover and no DJ. Tanning of edges. Cover is very good. Tight binding and crisp clean text. Very nice book.
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Product Description
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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Amazon.com Review
In Men at Work, political pundit George Will breaks baseball down, parsing it into essential tasks: hitting, fielding, pitching, and managing. Why do some succeed grandly while others are more apt to whiff? By analyzing the way Tony Gwynn, Cal Ripken, Orel Hershiser, and Tony LaRussa approach the game and do what they do, he finds striking similarities in intelligence, dedication, drive, and desire.
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