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A Drive into the Gap

August 12, 2012 by Drew

The Short Version: Kevin Guilfoile discovers that Roberto Clemente’s 3,000th hit bat might not be in the Baseball Hall of Fame… but might in fact have been hanging on his bedroom wall since he was a little kid.  With his father suffering from Alzheimer’s, he sets off to figure out the truth. The Review: The book isn’t all that long and, honestly, there isn’t all that much to say about it.  Or, there are plenty of things to say – but […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: A Drive into the Gap, Baseball, Field Notes, Field Notes Books, Kevin Guilfoile, Memoir, Non-Fiction

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The Art of Fielding

October 18, 2011 by Drew

The Short Version: Henry Scrimshander, a young shortstop, finds himself at Westish College in Wisconsin thanks to the intervention of Mike Schwartz, another ball-player who happens to spot him after a summer league game.  Along with Henry’s gay roommate Owen, the president of the college (whose name is Guert), and Pella (Guert’s daughter), they chart the typically complicated world of college and sports and love over the next three years. The Review: I’ll say it right now.  This book is going […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: Baseball, BookClub, Chad Harbach, Fiction, Literature, The Art of Fielding, The Tournament of Books 2012

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