Men at work: the craft of baseballWill examines four of the most "professional" men in baseball today and shows that the special pleasures of the game are perfectly represented by each of them--as they approach the game with the same obsessive attention to detail as any fine craftsman. |
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User Review - joeldinda - LibraryThingA strange thing: I liked this book a lot when I first read it, back when it was first published. Not so much today; too long, and unfocused. There's lots of stuff here, but all in all it's just stuffed. Read full review
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User Review - BooksForDinner - LibraryThingWho would have thought one of the coolest, oddest baseball books ever written would be authored by a super-conservative Washington Post opinion columnist. At one point Will explains Bill James' theory ... Read full review
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| Title | Men at work: the craft of baseball |
| Author | George F. Will |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1990 |
| ISBN | 0026284707, 9780026284707 |
| Length | 353 pages |
| Subjects | › › Baseball Baseball - United States - History Baseball/ United States/ History Sports & Recreation / Baseball / Essays & Writings Sports & Recreation / Baseball / General Sports & Recreation / Baseball / History |
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