{"product_id":"a-great-and-glorious-game-baseball-writings-of-a-bartlett-giamatti-9781565121928","title":"A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti","description":"With a foreword by David Halberstam. He spoke out against player trading. He banned Pete Rose from baseball for gambling. He even asked sports fans to clean up their acts. Bart Giamatti was baseball's Renaissance man and its commissioner. In A GREAT AND GLORIOUS GAME, a collection of spirited, incisive essays, Giamatti reflects on the meaning of the game. Baseball, for him, was a metaphor for life. He artfully argues that baseball is much more than an American pastime. Baseball is about going home, he wrote, and how hard it is to get there and how driven is our need. And in his powerful 1989 decision to ban Pete Rose from baseball, Giamatti states that no individual is superior to the game itself, just as no individual is superior to our democracy. A GREAT AND GLORIOUS GAME is a thoughtful meditation on baseball, character, and values by one of the most eloquent men in the world of sport.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Algonquin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781565121928\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 5.10w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/1998 pg. 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/1998 pg. 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/23\/1998 pg. 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/28\/1998 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"A. Bartlett Giamatti","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38470647283893,"sku":"9781565121928","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9a238379-48a3-4da0-b505-a951abc483dc.jpg?v=1612926490","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-great-and-glorious-game-baseball-writings-of-a-bartlett-giamatti-9781565121928","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}