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Baseball is America - A Child of Baseball (Hardcover)
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Baseball is America - A Child of Baseball (Hardcover)
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BASEBALL IS AMERICA explores America's Pastime through a trilogy of
books: "A Child of Baseball" bats leadoff. Baseball, the
bellybutton of society is a metaphor for America, acting both as
its direction and reflection. Baseball is America, America is
baseball. American history, embracing its religious past as a
Christian nation, and baseball history, including its synthetic
enhancement precedent, is traced through a tapestry of time in a
life story format. Born into the Glory Days of New York baseball in
1955, baseball provides the author both identity and meaning.
Narrative backdrops track both Reds and Yankee baseball, making
historic stops over a 100+ year timeline. A 40+ year playing career
is traced from 1962 Edison Little League through 2005 Roy Hobbs
World Series in Edison's winter home (Fort Myers). Symbolism,
baseball-speak, numerology, simile, nickname, euphemism and
metaphor applications create a thought provoking and intriguing
word sleuth effect exploring topics deep down in places we don't
talk about at parties. Satire and cynical humor stragically
integrated buffers acid discussion of controversial issues. Sixties
youth ball is viewed and described through a Garden State lens.
Seventies ball scenery drastically switches to the Sooner State
while the 80's, 90's and new millenium take on a Lone Star State
flavor with Space City the focal point. Pop culture, American
history (including its Christian nation history) is tactically
incorporated into the read. Baseball remains the only venue in
America where religion can be pitched into public square casual
conversation without being debased as a "nut-job" or being shown
the door. The read displays no reservations of informally
discussing topics from both Creator-based and man-based religious
perspectives. The events surrounding the 1919 World Series, that
the Reds accidentally won, are retold through the lens of a
Cincinnati native who actually voted present, the author's grandpa.
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