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Title: A Great and Glorious Game Condition: New Subtitle: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti Author: Workman Publishing Contributor: David Halberstam (Foreword by) Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 1565121929 EAN: 9781565121928 ISBN: 9781565121928 Publisher: Algonquin Books Genre: Sports & Hobbies Release Date: 04/01/1998 Description: With a foreword by David Halberstam. He spoke out against player trading. He banned Pete Rose from baseball for gambling. He even asked sports fans to clean up their acts. Bart Giamatti was baseball's Renaissance man and its commissioner. In A GREAT AND GLORIOUS GAME, a collection of spirited, incisive essays, Giamatti reflects on the meaning of the game. Baseball, for him, was a metaphor for life. He artfully argues that baseball is much more than an American "pastime." "Baseball is about going home," he wrote, "and how hard it is to get there and how driven is our need." And in his powerful 1989 decision to ban Pete Rose from baseball, Giamatti states that no individual is superior to the game itself, just as no individual is superior to our democracy. A GREAT AND GLORIOUS GAME is a thoughtful meditation on baseball, character, and values by one of the most eloquent men in the world of sport. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 126mm Release Year: 1998 Missing Information?
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