Heart of the Game
Life, Death, and Mercy in Minor League America
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · May 12, 2009
“Genuine and raw…a heartfelt work of despair, triumph, and redemption.” —Boston Globe The critically acclaimed Heart of the Game—subtitled “Life, Death, and Mercy in Minor League America”—explores the pure roots of a sport that is stained by scandal at its highest level.
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- Who it’s for
- A minor-league baseball story finds grief, mercy, and the sport’s enduring hold on America.
- Themes
- Minor league baseball, Loss and redemption, Small-town America
- Genres
- Sports Lives, Baseball, Baseball Coaching
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“Genuine and raw…a heartfelt work of despair, triumph, and redemption.” —Boston Globe The critically acclaimed Heart of the Game—subtitled “Life, Death, and Mercy in Minor League America”—explores the pure roots of a sport that is stained by scandal at its highest level.
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S.L. Price, award-winning writer for Sports Illustrated and author of Pitching Around Fidel, gives a tragic but ultimately uplifting account of the death of minor league baseball coach Mike Coolbaugh, and in doing so, illustrates the many reasons and myriad ways in which baseball still has a hold on America. A Friday Night Lights for baseball fans, Heart of the Game reveals the classic heart of small-town America.
Baseball’s Human Side
A minor-league baseball story finds grief, mercy, and the sport’s enduring hold on America.
Come here for
- A serious look at baseball beyond its highest-level scandals
- The small-town roots and human stakes of the game
Expect
- A tragic account with an ultimately uplifting turn
- A sustained reflection on baseball’s place in American life
Where it sits
| Baseball | 71% |
|---|---|
| Baseball Coaching | 44% |
| Sports Lives | 43% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Lives in History
- Lives of the Rich & Famous
- Sports Lives
- Personal Memoirs
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- U.S. History
- Midwest History
- Baseball Coaching
- Baseball History
- Authors
- S.L. Price
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 12, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Minor league baseball · Loss and redemption · Small-town America
- Reading lane
- Lives in History