Watching Baseball, Seeing Philosophy: The Great Thinkers at Play on the Diamond

by Raymond A. Belliotti

There are uncanny connections between nine baseball greats and the great thinkers of the West. This book offers a very practical application of Western philosophy by examining these icons of American sport and culture.

The intensity and single-mindedness of Ted Williams breathes life into Camus' Sisyphus; Billy Martin's maniacal competitiveness recalls Niccolo Machiavelli's take on politics, which he characterized as a zero-sum game; the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786433035
• ISBN13: 9780786433032
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher