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Play by Play : Baseball, Radio and Life in the Last Chance League by Neal Conan (2002, Hardcover)

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Following nearly twenty-five years as a prominent voice at National Public Radio, after being shelled, rocketed, bombed and held captive in the desert as one of their top foreign correspondents, Neal Conan decided to pursue a lifelong dream-to become, of all things, a baseball announcer. And that's what he did, specifically with the Aberdeen Arsenal, a franchise of the independent Atlantic League. Not the majors, alas, but it afforded him a true opportunity to use the surge of conflicting emotions that we refer to as midlife crisis to rethink what he'd done and what he was doing. It also allowed Neal to marry his two lifelong passions-radio and baseball-and gave him the chance to return to the grassroots of each. He decided to put the fun and challenge back into things he had become bored with. Play by Play is Conan's diary of the 2000 season-Aberdeen's and his. From his position in the announcer's booth, on the team bus and in hotels and motels along the way, we meet the coaches, fans and, of course, the players. And in this league, most of the players are on the way out rather than up but are happy to still be getting paid to play ball. It is indeed a league of last chances, but for most everyone involved, it's better to be spending time playing ball than not. Some are resigned to the fact that they'll never make the majors-or, in a few cases, get back there-while others hang on to a dream that everybody but them sees as foolhardy. Either way, they play for the love of the game, and very little else. Through the lens of the minor leagues, Conan captures the soul of a great sport and reveals the ways men face age, come to terms with their limitations and ambitions and look for new challenges when they're no longer young phenoms. In the end, Conan's experiences, the things he's learned, help him refocus his own life and reappreciate the things he has, giving him direction of where he needs to go. (But that's not to say he wouldn't take a call from George Steinbrenner to be the voice of the Yankees.)

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Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0609608711
ISBN-13
9780609608715
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2027966

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Book Title
Play by Play : Baseball, Radio and Life in the Last Chance League
Author
Neal Conan
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Baseball / Essays & Writings, Baseball / General
Publication Year
2002
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Number of Pages
256 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.5 in
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Width
5.7 in
Item Weight
13.8 Oz

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Trade
Lc Classification Number
Gv875.A8c66 2002
Reviews
"Neal Conan's home run is a modern coming-of-age story for all ages and a warm yet shrewd inside look at the new golden age of minor league baseball. It's a joy for anyone who ever dreamed of swinging a bat or a mike." -Robert Lipsyte, sports columnist, The New York Times, "Neal Conan's home run is a modern coming-of-age story for all ages and a warm yet shrewd inside look at the new golden age of minor league baseball. It's a joy for anyone who ever dreamed of swinging a bat or a mike." -Robert Lipsyte, sports columnist,The New York Times
Copyright Date
2002
Lccn
2002-001650
Dewey Decimal
796
Dewey Edition
21

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