Title:
Homestand : small town baseball and the fight for the soul of America / Will Bardenwerper.
ISBN:
9780385549653
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Edition:
First Doubleday hardcover edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Doubleday, 2025.
Physical Description:
xiv, 300 pages, 8 pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
December 2021 -- Introduction -- The localist, Winter, 2022 -- The boys are back in town, May 30 -- Eli Fish season ticket holder party, May 31 -- Elmira Pioneers home opener vs. Batavia Muckdogs, June 3 -- Batavia Muckdogs home opener vs. Elmira Pioneers, June 4 -- Auburn Doubledays at Batavia Muckdogs, June 6 -- Jamestown Tarp Skunks at Batavia Muckdogs, June 10 -- Syracuse Salt Cats at Batavia Muckdogs, June 13 -- Strat-O-Matic, March 15 -- Family trip: Batavia Muckdogs at Niagara Power (June 17) and Queen City at Batavia Muckdogs (June 18) -- Niagara Power at Batavia Muckdogs, June 20 -- Vacation trip to Kannapolis Cannon Ballers game, June 24 -- Geneva Red Wings at Batavia Muckdogs, July 3 -- Fourth of July 5K in Batavia and Geneva Red Wings at Batavia Muckdogs, July 8 -- Geneva Red Wings at Batavia Muckdogs (Doubleheader), July 14 -- Batavia Muckdogs at Jamestown Tarp Skunks, July 15 -- Batavia Muckdogs at Elmira Pioneers, July 16 -- Elmira Pioneers at Batavia Muckdogs, July 21 -- Jamestown Tarp Skunks at Batavia Muckdogs, July 23 -- Auburn Doubledays at Batavia Muckdogs, July 28 -- Elmira Pioneers at Batavia Muckdogs, July 30 -- Playoffs-Elmira Pioneers at Batavia Muckdogs, July 31 -- Playoffs-Utica Blue Sox at Batavia Muckdogs, August 1 -- Best-of-Three Championship Series Game One-Batavia Muckdogs at Amsterdam Mohawks, August 2 -- Championship series doubleheader game one-Amsterdam Mohawks at Batavia Muckdogs, August 3 -- Championship series doubleheader game two-Amsterdam Mohawks at Batavia Muckdogs, August 3.
Summary:
"A poignant memoir exploring small town baseball as a lens into what's right and wrong with modern America - written by an acclaimed journalist who went from Princeton to Army Ranger School to Iraq in search of the core values he ended up finding in a minor league stadium in Batavia, New York"-- Provided by publisher.
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OCLC Number:
on1440668037
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