What leads a man in his mid to late thirties to take up the sport of baseball after a fifteen year hiatus? Especially when stressful and potentially humiliating tryouts are involved? The Lutherville, Maryland, Athletics are a ball team composed of plumbers, demolition guys, investment bankers, security guards and salesmen who play for the love of the game. How their passion for the game of baseball affects their lives is the subject of this book. Focusing on Smiths lifelong love affair with sport of baseball, this volume provides a firsthand account of a season in the Baltimore County, Over30 league from tryouts to the final game. Beginning with childhood experiences in the Kentwood League in Raleigh, North Carolina, it follows Smith through his high school and college years as his interest in the game of baseball waned. The true focus of the book is the reemergence of the sport as an important part of Smiths life during his midthirties and the glory he and his teammates find in simply being ballplayers. Baseball is presented as a unifying force and a thread of stability through the experiences of an evershifting world. The changes and appeal of major league baseball are also discussed from the vantage point of Smith and his teammates.

Binding: Paperback;206 pages; Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.; Classification: WSJT; Weight: 397 g; Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 10

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