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Field Work
Roger Angell meets Hanif Abdurraqib meets Bull Durham in this sharp new collection of baseball writing by Andrew Forbes
Baseball is a sport, a pastime, an obsession, a dream―and for some, it’s also a day job. Field Work is a poetic survey of baseball’s rich history that uncovers the people who makes the game happen, from the pioneers who built and maintained early ballparks to minor-league players’ surprising part-time jobs to the parents who coach Little League teams. Along the way it shines a surprising light on the complex relationships between work and play and how we value labour.
Equal parts sharp-eyed obversation and beautiful digression, these essays celebrate the ways in which baseball shapes the way we move through the world—and how our understanding of work has an unmistakable influence on what happens on the ball diamond.
Praise for Field Work
What a mind Andrew Forbes has and how lucky we are that hes given over so much of it to thinking about baseball sifting through its bottomless history for bits of gold diving with gusto down its quirkiest rabbit holes Hes a fivetool talent and with Field Work he stakes his claim as baseballs most indispensable folklorist This collection of essays is the purest expression yet of his love for the game and the men who played it for a livingDevin Gordon author of So Many Ways to LosePraise for Andrew Forbess Previous Work
Transcendent proseShelf AwarenessA lovely philosophical look at the sport of summer this one suits diehard fanatics as well as the casual baseball fanToronto StarAndrew Forbess writing is almost invisibly stunning clear with romantic flourishes equal to his subject matterThe National PostA seventhinning stretch of profound wisdomFarther Off the WallComprehends the game at an elite observational level yet writes about it accessiblyGlobe and MailForbes essays are as consumable as a large tub of popcornFansided
What a mind Andrew Forbes has and how lucky we are that hes given over so much of it to thinking about baseball sifting through its bottomless history for bits of gold diving with gusto down its quirkiest rabbit holes Hes a fivetool talent and with Field Work he stakes his claim as baseballs most indispensable folklorist This collection of essays is the purest expression yet of his love for the game and the men who played it for a livingDevin Gordon author of So Many Ways to LosePraise for Andrew Forbess Previous Work
Transcendent proseShelf AwarenessA lovely philosophical look at the sport of summer this one suits diehard fanatics as well as the casual baseball fanToronto StarAndrew Forbess writing is almost invisibly stunning clear with romantic flourishes equal to his subject matterThe National PostA seventhinning stretch of profound wisdomFarther Off the WallComprehends the game at an elite observational level yet writes about it accessiblyGlobe and MailForbes essays are as consumable as a large tub of popcornFansided
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Dimensions:
240 Pages
8.5in * 5.5in * 0in
10gr
Published:
April 15, 2025
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ISBN:
9781998336159
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Language:
eng
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