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Poet in the Grandstand - An Enlightened Tour of Ballparks and the Places Where They Live: 1990-2010 (Paperback)
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Poet in the Grandstand - An Enlightened Tour of Ballparks and the Places Where They Live: 1990-2010 (Paperback)
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In the area of ballpark hopping, there have been a number of
accounts written, recorded or talked about in recent times,
sometimes for a cause or others just as a gimmick. Through "Poet in
the Grandstand," poet and writer Thomas Porky McDonald gives us a
most unique twist on a preoccupation which has grown in the past
few decades, in the wake of the closings of classic old yards and
the birth of the more entertainment and nostalgia driven open-air
parks. From his first trip in 1990, to the fabled Comiskey Park of
Shoeless Joe Jackson, Bill Veeck and the Go-Go Sox, on through to
the 2010 opening of Minnesota's fabulous Target Field, featuring
the modern M&M Boys, Joe Mauer and Justin Mourneau, McDonald
offers up a book that is part travelogue and part poetic tribute to
all the places that men and women have gone to over the years for a
very personal sense of joy. This journey, done methodically, over
two decades, picks up steam as the chapters begin to flow. The
effect of McDonald himself clearly growing as a poet through the
years is accentuated by the fact that more and more pieces are
written in the later trips. The end result is a most interesting
volume of not just ballparks, but Americana, as numerous
attractions taken in during those ballpark weeks and weekends are
also noted and/or dissected. For fourteen seasons on his own and
then six more accompanied by friend and confidant Adam Boneker,
McDonald's travels, highlighted by over 300 poems, can take the
reader back to a simpler time or into the possibilities of the
future. In chapter and in verse, "Poet in the Grandstand" has
something for both the baseball enthusiast and the curious
traveler. Fans of the game and lovers of the road will each find
much to offer within these pages.
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