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- catalog abstract "Contains over seventy essays by columnist George Will in which he tells stories of America's favorite pastime, and includes an examination of baseball's evolution through the twentieth century.".
- catalog contributor b10807820.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "Contains over seventy essays by columnist George Will in which he tells stories of America's favorite pastime, and includes an examination of baseball's evolution through the twentieth century.".
- catalog description "Fifties baseball: not long on nuance -- Andy Van Slyke and the present monetary status of baseball -- Bill Rigney: baseball's favorite uncle -- Coming back to Clark and Addison -- John Olerud: Not neon -- A stupendous mystery -- Tony Gwynn, union man -- The 14 million, and the 276 million -- Babe Ruth, replacement player -- The strike: a postmortem -- A grown-up -- Brett Butler, human bunt -- The infield fly rule and the absence of chivalry -- A splash of history as a cure for nostalgia -- Hard feelings along the lower Hudson River -- Explaining the power surge: up from Oliver Stone -- Dred Scott in spikes -- Leyland in teal -- Alomar in context -- The argument against democracy -- Fans to owners: "down in front" -- Purists vs. impurists -- "Them are the bases" -- Miller time.".
- catalog description "The Cubs and conservatism -- The fan's funny sort of seriousness -- The most consoling word: "Overdue" -- Players are bought and sold? Say it ain't so -- Warren Buffett misses a gravy train -- The Chicago Water Beetles -- Alexander Cartwright and the joy of baseball -- The case for I.T. (ineptitude transfer) -- The 1980 Cubs' strength: candor -- The answer is: Ronald Reagan. The question is: who is the only person to have held America's two most difficult jobs? -- Baseball and socialism -- Baseball and communism -- The earl -- The pythagoras of Winchester, Kansas -- Ancient Greece got it right -- Speaking Stengelese -- Baseball in the unmitigated city -- Baseball by the (Elias) book -- The answer is Harry Chiti. The question is ... -- The nation's failings in the national pastime -- The work of Louisville's fathers -- Ring Lardner, call your office -- La Plata's cheerfulness quotient.".
- catalog description "The DH: on the other hand ... -- Blue-collar government -- The fuse that lit the fire -- Perhaps the players are livelier -- Systems equilibrate. Really. -- Skill, and "mere" will -- "The moment's over" -- Let there be lights -- Good character, not good chemistry -- A mosaic of memories -- Play ball! -- Revenge of the ectomorphs -- Pete Rose's chromosomes -- Living on the lip of a volcano -- Pete Rose and his friends -- A professional catcher -- The 1990 lockout: no hits, many errors -- The prodigy -- George Steinbrenner: an acquired taste -- Baseball Lit. 101 -- Blame Burt Wilson -- George Will's baseball: a conservative critique, by Donald Kagan -- The romantic fallacy in baseball: a reply to Donald Kagan -- Chicago baseball: "never a lovely so real" -- Baseball along the backroads -- "I can't stand it, I'm so good" -- The season of '41 -- The collision between Bart and Pete -- Marvin Miller: sore winner -- Local ownership and other traditions -- Love at Camden Yards -- The lurid monotony of Billy Martin -- Steve Palermo's game of inches -- Baseball's basic dilemma.".
- catalog extent "352 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Bunts.".
- catalog identifier "0684838206".
- catalog isFormatOf "Bunts.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, NY : Scribner,".
- catalog relation "Bunts.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "796.357/0973 21".
- catalog subject "797.357/0973 21".
- catalog subject "Baseball Social aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "Baseball United States Anecdotes.".
- catalog subject "GV863.A1 W52 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "Fifties baseball: not long on nuance -- Andy Van Slyke and the present monetary status of baseball -- Bill Rigney: baseball's favorite uncle -- Coming back to Clark and Addison -- John Olerud: Not neon -- A stupendous mystery -- Tony Gwynn, union man -- The 14 million, and the 276 million -- Babe Ruth, replacement player -- The strike: a postmortem -- A grown-up -- Brett Butler, human bunt -- The infield fly rule and the absence of chivalry -- A splash of history as a cure for nostalgia -- Hard feelings along the lower Hudson River -- Explaining the power surge: up from Oliver Stone -- Dred Scott in spikes -- Leyland in teal -- Alomar in context -- The argument against democracy -- Fans to owners: "down in front" -- Purists vs. impurists -- "Them are the bases" -- Miller time.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Cubs and conservatism -- The fan's funny sort of seriousness -- The most consoling word: "Overdue" -- Players are bought and sold? Say it ain't so -- Warren Buffett misses a gravy train -- The Chicago Water Beetles -- Alexander Cartwright and the joy of baseball -- The case for I.T. (ineptitude transfer) -- The 1980 Cubs' strength: candor -- The answer is: Ronald Reagan. The question is: who is the only person to have held America's two most difficult jobs? -- Baseball and socialism -- Baseball and communism -- The earl -- The pythagoras of Winchester, Kansas -- Ancient Greece got it right -- Speaking Stengelese -- Baseball in the unmitigated city -- Baseball by the (Elias) book -- The answer is Harry Chiti. The question is ... -- The nation's failings in the national pastime -- The work of Louisville's fathers -- Ring Lardner, call your office -- La Plata's cheerfulness quotient.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The DH: on the other hand ... -- Blue-collar government -- The fuse that lit the fire -- Perhaps the players are livelier -- Systems equilibrate. Really. -- Skill, and "mere" will -- "The moment's over" -- Let there be lights -- Good character, not good chemistry -- A mosaic of memories -- Play ball! -- Revenge of the ectomorphs -- Pete Rose's chromosomes -- Living on the lip of a volcano -- Pete Rose and his friends -- A professional catcher -- The 1990 lockout: no hits, many errors -- The prodigy -- George Steinbrenner: an acquired taste -- Baseball Lit. 101 -- Blame Burt Wilson -- George Will's baseball: a conservative critique, by Donald Kagan -- The romantic fallacy in baseball: a reply to Donald Kagan -- Chicago baseball: "never a lovely so real" -- Baseball along the backroads -- "I can't stand it, I'm so good" -- The season of '41 -- The collision between Bart and Pete -- Marvin Miller: sore winner -- Local ownership and other traditions -- Love at Camden Yards -- The lurid monotony of Billy Martin -- Steve Palermo's game of inches -- Baseball's basic dilemma.".
- catalog title "Bunts : Curt Flood, Camden Yards, Pete Rose, and other reflections on baseball / George F. Will.".
- catalog type "Anecdotes. fast".
- catalog type "text".