Baseball Lives: Men and Women of the Game Talk about Their Jobs, Their Lives, and the National Pastime

“Like a baseball equivalent of Chicago’s Studs Terkel, [Mike] Bryan allowed those intimately involved in the game on various levels to tell their own stories.”—Chicago Sun-Times
 
A sport, a career, a business, a passion—it’s all baseball, and it’s all in Baseball Lives, the ultimate insider’s account of the national pastime. Every aspect of the game comes alive as fifty-four people, some celebrated, some unknown, talk about the workaday world of the ultimate American sport. From the minors to the majors, from spring training to the world series, Baseball Lives takes a long fly look at the game as you’ve never seen it before.

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Baseball Lives: Men and Women of the Game Talk about Their Jobs, Their Lives, and the National Pastime

“Like a baseball equivalent of Chicago’s Studs Terkel, [Mike] Bryan allowed those intimately involved in the game on various levels to tell their own stories.”—Chicago Sun-Times
 
A sport, a career, a business, a passion—it’s all baseball, and it’s all in Baseball Lives, the ultimate insider’s account of the national pastime. Every aspect of the game comes alive as fifty-four people, some celebrated, some unknown, talk about the workaday world of the ultimate American sport. From the minors to the majors, from spring training to the world series, Baseball Lives takes a long fly look at the game as you’ve never seen it before.

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Baseball Lives: Men and Women of the Game Talk about Their Jobs, Their Lives, and the National Pastime

Baseball Lives: Men and Women of the Game Talk about Their Jobs, Their Lives, and the National Pastime

by Mike Bryan
Baseball Lives: Men and Women of the Game Talk about Their Jobs, Their Lives, and the National Pastime

Baseball Lives: Men and Women of the Game Talk about Their Jobs, Their Lives, and the National Pastime

by Mike Bryan

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“Like a baseball equivalent of Chicago’s Studs Terkel, [Mike] Bryan allowed those intimately involved in the game on various levels to tell their own stories.”—Chicago Sun-Times
 
A sport, a career, a business, a passion—it’s all baseball, and it’s all in Baseball Lives, the ultimate insider’s account of the national pastime. Every aspect of the game comes alive as fifty-four people, some celebrated, some unknown, talk about the workaday world of the ultimate American sport. From the minors to the majors, from spring training to the world series, Baseball Lives takes a long fly look at the game as you’ve never seen it before.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780449905104
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 03/28/1990
Pages: 368
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Mike Bryan has written and collaborated on books about topics ranging from golf and baseball to travel and religion. His credits include Uneasy RiderBaseball Lives, and Cal Ripken’s bestselling autobiography, The Only Way I Know. He lives in New York City.

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