Light at the edge of the field / stories by Bill Meissner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meissner, William, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball stories.

Baseball players--Fiction.

Baseball players.

Genre:

Baseball stories.

Fiction.

Short stories.

Physical Description:

179 pages ; 24 cm

Distribution:

©2021.

Place of Publication:

Nacogdoches, Texas : Stephen F. Austin State University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Light at the Edge of the Field keeps readers wanting more as a pitcher's girlfriend confronts her lover, not about his obsession with baseball but about their relationship and future together. After watching a traveling African American baseball team, a father is forced to inform his innocent young son about small-town racism. An insightful, empathetic wife guides her husband through the most difficult challenge he will ever face in baseball: his own retirement from it. A disadvantaged, fleet-footed player in Mexico dreams of making it to the Major Leagues. Though he can catch pitches consistently for hours, a diligent catcher drops the ball in his relationship with his girlfriend. These are just a few of the compelling characters readers will discover as they step into the batter's box. This tour de force of baseball short stories reveals insights not only about the game of baseball, but the game of life... "--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE FIRST PITCH

What's Next: The Baseball Lovers

pt. TWO RUNNING THROUGH DEEP GRASS

News, Weather, and Sports

EI Relampago

The Keys

Wing Tip Shoes

In the Middle of a Steal

Something About the Evenly Cut Lawn

Swimming the Quarry

A Day in the Life of a Groundskeeper

pt. THREE IN ANOTHER LEAGUE: CURVES, CHANGE-UPS, AND STOLEN BASES

The Romance of Certain Abandoned Baseball Fields

The Descending God

A Certain Smoothness and Roughness

Real Ballplayers Wear the Chapstick Their Wives Gave Them

The Unlikely Ones

Baseball Wife at the Start of the Season

The Rabbit in the Batting Cage

Zen Baseball: Why Ballplayers Always Look Toward the River

The Migration

pt. FOUR THE DIAMOND-SHAPED CIRCLE

Just One Magic Swing

The Whisper of Vintage Baseball Photos

End of the Season: Tough Luck Ballplayer in the Diamond Bluff Tavern

The Dreams of Batting Gloves

What's Missing: The Three Things, and Something Else

Circles: The Outfield Dancer.

ISBN:

1622884108

9781622884100

OCLC:

1252960965

Publisher Number:

99989368110