Joy in Mudville C - Hardcover

Mitchell, Greg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671035312 ISBN 13: 9780671035310

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2000

Synopsis

In this charming and thought-provoking "tale of two seasons", lifetime baseball enthusiast Greg Mitchell reflects on the profound emotional conflict and ineffable joys Little Leaguers can face. He underscores his experience with life lessons and hilarious anecdotes gleaned from managing his son's teams -- the last-place Red Sox and the miracle A's.Mitchell also steps up to the plate and knocks the cover off timely issues surrounding Little League today. Through interviews with busy parents, respected experts, and celebrity Little League dads, Mitchell examines the father/son relationship inherent in Little League baseball and illuminates unspoken expectations held inside and outside the dugout. He investigates the unwelcome phenomenon of "Little League Rage", and he ponders why baseball lost favor among so many kids -- but now seems to be on the comeback trail once again. Do real sports have a role in a "virtual" age?

About this title

Review:

"Devastating and persuasive...a great book...one that stirs independent thought and can change minds". -- Los Angeles Times Book Review

About the Author:

Greg Mitchell is the bestselling author of such nonfiction books as Tricky Dick and the Pink Lady: Richard Nixon vs. Helen Gahagan Douglas; The Campaign of the Century: Upton Sinclair's Race for Governor of California (winner of the Goldsmith Book Prize); and with Robert Jay Lifton, Hiroshima in America and Who Owns Death? His articles have appeared in The New York Times and other publications. He lives in Nyack New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0671035312
• ISBN 13: 9780671035310
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272