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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100385549652
ISBN-139780385549653
eBay Product ID (ePID)8068551237
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Book TitleHomestand : Small Town Baseball and the Fight for the Soul of America
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Baseball / Essays & Writings, General
Publication Year2025
IllustratorYes
GenreSports & Recreation, Social Science, History
AuthorWill Bardenwerper
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight20.5 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2024-025067
Reviews"This much needed book both celebrates the significant social role played by minor league baseball to small town America for over a century, but more critically eviscerates Major League Baseball's greedy dismantling of this unique institution. Owners pay hundreds of millions of dollars to their stars, but refuse to pay a pittance to the teams that serve as a development ground for those players." -- Ron Shelton "At a time when so many economic and social forces have been undermining America's small cities, from e-commerce to media consolidation, the institution of minor-league baseball remained as a crucial pillar of local identity. Homestand is a deeply reported depiction of what MLB's elimination of dozens of minor league teams will mean for communities across the country. This is an affecting glimpse into a corner of overlooked America." -- Alex MacGillis "What Major League Baseball didn't know, or care about, is that it didn't cut its minor-league game from just the ballparks, but also the coffee shops, the water coolers, the beer joints, the Fourth of July parades, the state fairs, the childhoods and the sunsets. What a shame. In the wonderful and lyrical Homestand , Will Bardenwerper invites us to fill our hearts (and plastic cups), to stand beside our neighbors, to root for the home team and to remember why it mattered, one more time." -- Tim Brown , New York Times bestselling author of Imperfect with Jim Abbott and The Tao of the Backup Catcher with Erik Kratz "This is not really a book about baseball, though baseball fans will enjoy it. Rather, it is a well-written paean to a sense of community that is now sadly in danger of being lost in America. Read Homestand , and savor it while you still can." -- Robert D. Putnam , Professor Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School and author of Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community "Bardenwerper is on a quest to see if the country he defended--while serving in the US Army during the Iraq War--still exists out there, past the corporate takeovers and political division. The result is a book that is part business expose, part love letter to small town, and as a native son of Western New York, I can tell you he nails his portrait of the place. Homestand is an Our Town for minor league baseball." -- Brian Castner , author of The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows
SynopsisA poignant memoir exploring small town baseball as a lens into what's right and wrong with modern America--written by an acclaimed journalist and Army Ranger who, after returning from Iraq to a painfully divided country, rediscovered its core values in the bleachers of a minor league ballpark in Batavia, New York. "Bardenwerper finds hope in the people and community around a former minor league baseball team." --Washington Post "Will reveal more about the prospects for America than 100 news stories about politics, and will be a lot more fun."--James Fallows, bestselling co-author of Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America What happens when a minor league team--the heart and soul of a Rust Belt town in western New York--is shut down by the billionaires who run Major League Baseball? Batavia, New York--between Rochester and Buffalo--hosted its first professional baseball game in 1897. Despite decades of deindustrialization and evaporating middle-class jobs, the Batavia Muckdogs endured. When Major League Baseball cravenly shut them down in 2020--along with forty-one other minor league teams--the town fought back, reviving the Muckdogs as a summer league team comprised of college players. As MLB considers further cuts and private equity buys up what remains, the mom-and-pop operations once prevalent in baseball are endangered. But for now, the sights and sounds of local baseball live on in Batavia--cheap draft beer and hot dogs, starry-eyed kids seeking autographs, and breathtaking summer sunsets. With a vibrant, unforgettable cast of characters--from a librarian and her best friend whose relationship deepens with every "crepuscular hour" they spend together in the bleachers, to the former hockey brawler-turned team owner who greets regulars while working the concession stand, to the iconoclastic writer with a contagious love for his struggling hometown--Bardenwerper's Homestand exposes the beating heart of small town America, friends and neighbors coming together as the crack of the bat echoes in the summer twilight., A poignant memoir exploring small town baseball as a lens into what's right and wrong with modern America-written by an acclaimed journalist and Army Ranger who, after returning from Iraq to a painfully divided country, rediscovered its core values in the bleachers of a minor league ballpark in Batavia, New York. "Bardenwerper finds hope in the people and community around a former minor league baseball team." -Washington Post "Will reveal more about the prospects for America than 100 news stories about politics, and will be a lot more fun."-James Fallows, bestselling co-author of Our Towns- A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America What happens when a minor league team-the heart and soul of a Rust Belt town in western New York-is shut down by the billionaires who run Major League Baseball? Batavia, New York-between Rochester and Buffalo-hosted its first professional baseball game in 1897. Despite decades of deindustrialization and evaporating middle-class jobs, the Batavia Muckdogs endured. When Major League Baseball cravenly shut them down in 2020-along with forty-one other minor league teams-the town fought back, reviving the Muckdogs as a summer league team comprised of college players. As MLB considers further cuts and private equity buys up what remains, the mom-and-pop operations once prevalent in baseball are endangered. But for now, the sights and sounds of local baseball live on in Batavia-cheap draft beer and hot dogs, starry-eyed kids seeking autographs, and breathtaking summer sunsets. With a vibrant, unforgettable cast of characters-from a librarian and her best friend whose relationship deepens with every "crepuscular hour" they spend together in the bleachers, to the former hockey brawler-turned team owner who greets regulars while working the concession stand, to the iconoclastic writer with a contagious love for his struggling hometown-Bardenwerper's Homestand exposes the beating heart of small town America, friends and neighbors coming together as the crack of the bat echoes in the summer twilight.
LC Classification NumberGV875.A1B334 2025
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