{"product_id":"9780684853741","title":"Bunts","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBunts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): George F. Will\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, Pulitzer Prize-winning author George F. Will returns to baseball with more than seventy finely honed pieces about the sometimes recondite, sometimes frustrating, yet always passionately felt national pastime. Here are Will's eulogy for the late Curt Flood (\"Dred Scott in Spikes\"), Will on Ted Williams (\"When Ted Williams retired in 1960, a sportswriter said that Boston knew how Britain felt when it lost India. Indeed, Britain felt diminished, but also a bit relieved\"), and Will on his own baseball career (\"I was a very late draft choice of the Mittendorf Funeral Home Panthers. Our color was black\"). Here are subjects ranging from the author's 1977 purchase of a single share of stock in the Chicago Cubs to the memorable 1998 season, which is discussed in an all-new essay. \u003cbr\u003e For fans of \u003ci\u003eMen at Work\u003c\/i\u003e and Will's other baseball writings, this book is as pleasurable as a well-executed bunt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003eDavid Plaut \u003ci\u003eUSA Today Baseball Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Like a Greg Maddux curve, Will's prose dances and moves in all directions while seldom missing the corners of the strike zone.\u003cbr\u003eRon Rapoport \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e You cannot fail to be entertained by the joy and charm [Will] finds in the game.\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Berke \u003ci\u003eThe Weekly Standard\u003c\/i\u003e A splendid collection....Will is a fount of memories about baseball's past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780684853741\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40936211153102,"sku":"9780684853741","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_6d4f2253-9f89-40b0-9f4f-547dfe44ca7d.jpg?v=1645817248","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780684853741","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}