Fathers Sons And The Holy Ghosts Of Baseball

Author : Tommy Murray
Publisher : Beaver's Pond Press
ISBN 13 : 9781592986293
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fathers, Sons, and the Holy Ghosts of Baseball written by Tommy Murray and published by Beaver's Pond Press. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time often slows and even stops in the small town of Cottage Park, Iowa. In fact, time is best measured not by the hands of a clock but by the innings of a baseball game. Praying and playing baseball are two of the town's primary activities. Actually, they are one in the same in a town where baseball is a religion. Still, time does eventually flow on. Much like the Des Moines River just outside Cottage Park, time leads to the site of the 1974 Iowa high school baseball tournament. Cottage Park's Holy Trinity High School has never won the Finals. The team's three elderly coaches vow to at last anoint themselves champions before they retire. For the players, the road to the Finals is a confirmation by fire--a rite of passage before they must face adulthood. Fathers, sons, and the holy ghosts of baseball join together in the quest for the Finals. Along this journey, young and old alike ultimately learn you must sacrifice before you can gain and sometimes you must lose before you can win.

Author : Austin Gisriel
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781542677349
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fathers, Sons, & Holy Ghosts written by Austin Gisriel and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-02 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No other sport, and indeed few other activities evoke as much passion as does baseball. It is a passion that unites generations and genders, laborers and lawyers, Republicans and Democrats. Baseball serves as a common language, a unified way of perceiving the world, a means to greater understanding. Baseball's shrines, rituals, myths, and heroes certainly give it a religious aura, but many activities may be pursued "religiously." Baseball is beyond religion. It is a living myth that puts us in touch with Eternity, with the Infinite. Its Miracle is not some long-ago act that contradicts the laws of physics. Its Miracle is the scrubbing away of cynicism to reveal the fresh-faced child within who is ready to believe, eager to believe, who does believe. Fathers, Sons, & Holy Ghosts: Baseball as a Spiritual Experience is an examination in memoir form of how baseball nourishes the spiritual side of those who are part of the game.

Author : Soua Lee
Publisher : Umbrella Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fifth Wife written by Soua Lee and published by Umbrella Books. This book was released on 2022-12-15 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mai Cee was born into a strict culture, birthed in a refugee camp, and brought to the United States of America at a young age. She is a perfectionist. She works hard at school and in her family's home. With excellent grades, she has her mind set on pursuing a prestigious university education. Mai Cee wants to correct the imperfections of her roots and go far away to study, to carve out a new destiny of adventure and success. When Mai Cee least expects it, true love crosses her path. She falls head over heels for a charming American soldier - a hero who has come to rescue her from her dull, senseless, and conflicting Hmong life. But this amazing lover has other secrets in store, secrets that may destroy everything Mai Cee has worked for including her goal of forever trying to please her father. The Fifth Wife: A Memoir of Hope, Love, and Faith is a compelling story about the pursuit of excellence and honor, a daring undertaking to find true love, and a willingness to make new meanings. Follow Mai Cee's story to understand the consequences of grief and despair; the power of faith and forgiveness; and the bliss of rediscovering purpose.

Author : Dick Wimmer
Publisher : William Morrow & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780688076344
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baseball Fathers, Baseball Sons written by Dick Wimmer and published by William Morrow & Company. This book was released on 1988 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of interviews with baseball stars about their own father-son relationships, includes conversations with Ted Williams, Reggie Jackson, Gary Carter, Wade Boggs, and many others

Author : Tom Stanton
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312291563
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Final Season written by Tom Stanton and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-05-08 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author chronicles his 1999 baseball adventure: attending all eighty-one home games at Tiger Stadium in its last season. In the process, he examines his relationships with his father and his young son.

Author : Kevin Cook
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0393246000
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dad Report written by Kevin Cook and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unforgettable look at how baseball families share our national pastime. Baseball honors legacies—from cheering the home team to breaking in an old glove handed down from father to son. In The Dad Report, award-winning sportswriter Kevin Cook weaves a tapestry of uplifting stories in which fathers and sons—from the sport's superstars to Cook and his own ball-playing father—share the game. Almost two hundred father-son pairs have played in the big leagues. Cook takes us inside the clubhouses, homes, and lives of many of the greats. Aaron Boone follows grandfather Bob, father Ray, and brother Bret to the majors—three generations of All-Stars. Barry Bonds and Ken Griffey Jr. strive to outdo their famous dads. Michael Jordan walks away from basketball to play minor-league baseball—to fulfill his father's dream. In visiting these legendary families, Cook discovers that ball-playing families are a lot like our own. Dan Haren regrets the long road trips that keep him from his kids. Ike Davis and his father, a former Yankee, debate whether Ike should pitch or play first base. Buddy Bell leads a generation of big-leaguers determined to open their workplace—the clubhouse—to their kids. Framing The Dad Report is the story of Kevin Cook's own father, Art Cook, a minor-league pitcher, a loveable rogue with a wicked screwball. In Art's later years, Kevin phoned him almost every night to talk baseball. They called those nightly conversations "the Dad Report." In time, Kevin came to see that these conversations were about much more than the game. That's what this book is about: the way fathers and sons talk baseball as a way of talking about everything—courage, fear, fun, family, morality, mortality, and how it's not whether you win or lose that counts, it's how you share the game.

Author : Kevin Neary
Publisher : Running Press
ISBN 13 : 0762445025
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Major League Dads written by Kevin Neary and published by Running Press. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball is America's favorite pastime and one of the best ways for fathers and sons to bond. Major League Dads is an inspirational look at such connections through a collection of heartfelt essays from interviews with 150 of the top players in Major League Baseball, such as David Wright, Carlos Pena, Brad Lidge, and Derek Jeter. Through personal recollections, you can read firsthand what their dads meant to them growing up and how they coached them to success both on and off the field.

Author : Jim LeBuffe
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 059509189X
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baseball Fathers and Sons written by Jim LeBuffe and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-05-20 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball Fathers and Sons will amaze and delight baseball fans. More than fifty post 1920 Big League father-son, grandfather-father-son, and even one mother-son match-ups are described in a fast-moving way that will inform and delight baseball fans. From the Ken Griffeys, Sr. and Jr., to Barry and Bobby Bonds, to Felipe and Moises Alou, to Yogi and Dale Berra, short thumbnail sketches of featured fathers and sons bring these personalities to life. A single line of statistics about each player is included, showing at a glance how fathers and sons did in their careers, as well as in comparison to each other. Baseball Fathers and Sons is an ideal Father's Day gift for any dad who has ever played catch with his son. It is not a "statistics" book; rather, it is an entertaining work that highlights the careers of dozens of fathers and sons who have played Big League Baseball.

Author : Will Leitch
Publisher : Hyperion
ISBN 13 : 9781401323707
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Are We Winning? written by Will Leitch and published by Hyperion. This book was released on 2010-05-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious tribute to baseball and to the fathers and sons who share the love of the game. Are We Winning is built around a trip to Wrigley Field to watch the St. Louis Cardinals play the Chicago Cubs--the "lovable losers" to most fans but the hated enemy to the Leitch men. Along for the ride are both Will's father, the gregarious but not--exactly demonstrative Midwestern titan who, despite being a die--hard Cards fan and living his whole life just 200 miles south of Chicago, had never been to Wrigley Field before this game, and Will's college friend, a lifelong Cubs fan. The Cardinals have recently fallen out of the pennant race, and the Cubs, as it turns out, are attempting to clinch the division on this Saturday afternoon in September. The pitchers are Ted Lilly for the Cubs and Joel Pineiro for the Cardinals. It's just a regular game. Play ball. The book unfolds in half-inning increments where Will gives one-of-a-kind insight on the past, present, and future of the game--from Pujols' unrivaled greatness to the myth that steroids have ruined baseball. Along the way, he shares memories of his father and growing up in the small town of Mattoon, including the year his dad coached his Little League team and nicknamed a scrawny kid "Bulldog," and an unlikely postgame episode involving a biker bar and Mr. Holland's Opus. And there is beer. Lots and lots of beer. Are We Winning is a book about the indelible bond that links fathers and sons. For the Leitch men it's baseball that holds them together--not that either of them would ever be so weak as to admit it. No matter how far apart they are or what's going on in their lives, they'll always be able to talk about baseball. It's the story of being a fan, a story about fathers, sons, and legacies. And one perfect game.

Author : Marc Appleman
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 059535890X
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dad, Are You Pumped? written by Marc Appleman and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-06 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marc Appleman and his 12-year-old son Michael hit the highway on an awesome baseball road trip! Over two weeks, two countries, eight states, and 3,000 miles, the father-son team goes to eight games in six stadiums and visits the baseball, hockey and pro football halls of fame. On a trip filled with adventures, Michael catches balls in Montreal, Detroit and Cleveland. They have a blast sitting with the Bleacher Bums at Wrigley, and they become friends with some diehard Indians fans at Jacobs Field. A highlight of the trip is the induction ceremony of Marc's mentor and good friend, the late sportswriter Joe Falls, at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. But their trip is about a lot more than baseball. It is hot dogs, pizzas, laughs, talks, adventures, and misadventures-the stuff that memories are made of. Dad, Are You Pumped? is about three generations connected by baseball, and how a special game becomes intertwined with family, friendships, and a career.