Field of Dreamers: Tales from Baseball Fantasy Camp - Hardcover

Gennaro, Vince

 
9781414039640: Field of Dreamers: Tales from Baseball Fantasy Camp
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1414039646 ISBN 13: 9781414039640
Verlag: 1st Book Library, 2003

Reseña del editor

Generations of Americans grew upwith baseball as their childhood passion. It formed the centerpiece of theirbudding dreams and aspirations. But adulthood brought with it an unfairexchange...youthful dreams for adult responsibilities. Author Vince Gennaro answers the ultimate question...what would it be like torelive those carefree days of our youth? For one glorious week in the Floridasun, he turned the clock back thirty-five years. He traded his business suitand briefcase for a major league uniform, glove and spikes and boarded a timemachine called baseball 'fantasy camp'. Field of Dreamers is thestory of that unforgettable weeklong reunion with his childhood. Thismultidimensional book is a love story, between baseball and its most passionatefan. It explores his courtship, first date, wildest dreams and recent secondhoneymoon...fantasy camp. It chronicles middle-aged men chasing their baseballdreams and delves into their emotions as they unfold over the week. It exploreslife as a big league ballplayer, right down to the doubleheaders and theinsufferably long lines at the trainers' room. Gennaroalso offers a thoughtful perspective on how baseball can reconnect with today'sfan, while it cultivates a mesmerizing relationship with the next generation.Yes, it's a book about baseball, but it's also a book about a reunion with ourchildhood dreams.

Biografía del autor

Vince Gennarois a business executive whose true passion is baseball. A lifelong fan of thegame, Vince played semi-pro ball in his youth. His baseball interests furtherevolved while at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, wherehe developed an innovative statistical model designed to measure the economicvalue of a major league player to a team. He is also the former owner of a Womens Professional Basketball franchise and a member ofthe Board of Trustees of the Womens SportsFoundation. As a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR),he has written articles for the Baseball Research Journal. Vince lives inPurchase, NY with his wife, Karen and daughter, Danielle.

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Verlag
1st Book Library
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1414039646
ISBN 13 
9781414039640
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
176
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