Title:
Light at the edge of the field / stories by Bill Meissner.
ISBN:
9781622884100
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Nacogdoches, Texas : Stephen F. Austin State University Press, [2021]
©2021.
Physical Description:
179 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Part one : first pitch. What's next : the baseball lovers -- Part two : running through deep grass. News, weather, and sports ; El relampago ; The keys ; Wing tip shoes ; In the middle of a steal ; Something about the evenly cut lawn ; Swimming the quarry ; A day in the life of a groundskeeper -- Part three : in another league : curves, change-ups, and stolen bases. The romance of certain abandoned baseball fields ; The descending god ; A certain smoothness and roughness ; Real ballplayers wear the chapstick their wives gave them ; The unlikely ones ; Baseball wife at the start of the season ; The rabbit in the batting cage ; Zen baseball : why ballplayers always look toward the river ; The migration -- Part four : the diamond-shaped circle. Just one magic swing ; The whisper of vintage baseball photos ; End of the season : tough luck ballplayer in the Diamond Bluff Tavern ; The dream of batting gloves ; What's missing : the three things, and something else ; Circles : the outfield dancer ; The things you lose : an elusive kind of light.
Summary:
"Light at the Edge of the Field keeps readers wanting more as a pitcher’s girlfriend confronts her lover, not about his obsession with baseball but about their relationship and future together. After watching a traveling African American baseball team, a father is forced to inform his innocent young son about small-town racism. An insightful, empathetic wife guides her husband through the most difficult challenge he will ever face in baseball: his own retirement from it. A disadvantaged, fleet-footed player in Mexico dreams of making it to the Major Leagues. Though he can catch pitches consistently for hours, a diligent catcher drops the ball in his relationship with his girlfriend. These are just a few of the compelling characters readers will discover as they step into the batter’s box. This tour de force of baseball short stories reveals insights not only about the game of baseball, but the game of life... "--Publisher's website.
OCLC Number:
on1252960965
Availability:
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