{"product_id":"heart-of-the-game-life-death-and-mercy-in-minor-league-america-paperback","title":"Heart of the Game: Life, Death, and Mercy in Minor League America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eS. L. Price\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Genuine and raw...a heartfelt work of despair, triumph, and redemption.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe critically acclaimed \u003cem\u003eHeart of the Game\u003c\/em\u003e--subtitled \"Life, Death, and Mercy in Minor League America\"--explores the pure roots of a sport that is stained by scandal at its highest level. S.L. Price, award-winning writer for \u003cem\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/em\u003e and author of \u003cem\u003ePitching Around Fidel\u003c\/em\u003e, gives a tragic but ultimately uplifting account of the death of minor league baseball coach Mike Coolbaugh, and in doing so, illustrates the many reasons and myriad ways in which baseball still has a hold on America. A \u003cem\u003eFriday Night Lights \u003c\/em\u003efor baseball fans, \u003cem\u003eHeart of the Game \u003c\/em\u003ereveals the classic heart of small-town America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003ePitching Around Fidel\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFar Afield\u003c\/em\u003e comes a tragic--but ultimately uplifting--account of the accidental death of minor league first base coach Mike Coolbaugh, illustrating the many ways in which baseball still has a hold on America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis season's \u003cem\u003eFriday Night Lights\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHeart of the Gam\u003c\/em\u003ee centers on the death of Mike Coolbaugh, a minor league coach who was killed in July 2007 by a foul ball rocketed off Tino Sanchez's bat. Coolbaugh died almost instantly, his body carted off the field of the Double-A Arkansas Travelers on a suffocating Sunday evening in Little Rock. He was thirty-five years old and the father of two, with a third child on the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMike's exemplary life--his devotion to game and family--is the spine of the story. But it isn't the drama. The drama is in the telling of what can happen when a projectile hits the wrong place on the human body, of the lives being lived up until that fatal moment, of the remarkable people who happened to be in the ballpark that night, of the impact on the man who hit the ball, and of all the lives left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrice reveals anew that classic heart of Americana--small-town sports, small-town lives--and makes us understand that a game played away from the mindless churn of Internet blather and highlight shows can be more important than those played on the national stage.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003ePitching Around Fidel\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFar Afield\u003c\/em\u003e comes a tragic--but ultimately uplifting--account of the accidental death of minor league first base coach Mike Coolbaugh, illustrating the many ways in which baseball still has a hold on America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis season's \u003cem\u003eFriday Night Lights\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHeart of the Gam\u003c\/em\u003ee centers on the death of Mike Coolbaugh, a minor league coach who was killed in July 2007 by a foul ball rocketed off Tino Sanchez's bat. Coolbaugh died almost instantly, his body carted off the field of the Double-A Arkansas Travelers on a suffocating Sunday evening in Little Rock. He was thirty-five years old and the father of two, with a third child on the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMike's exemplary life--his devotion to game and family--is the spine of the story. But it isn't the drama. The drama is in the telling of what can happen when a projectile hits the wrong place on the human body, of the lives being lived up until that fatal moment, of the remarkable people who happened to be in the ballpark that night, of the impact on the man who hit the ball, and of all the lives left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrice reveals anew that classic heart of Americana--small-town sports, small-town lives--and makes us understand that a game played away from the mindless churn of Internet blather and highlight shows can be more important than those played on the national stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.98 x 6.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52915317866812,"sku":"9780061671319","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/7265\/1324\/files\/bXhwR0R0dFhsVGM0aDVyMHNXeFozUT09.webp?v=1774361451","url":"https:\/\/barginbooks.co\/products\/heart-of-the-game-life-death-and-mercy-in-minor-league-america-paperback","provider":"Books Fare ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}