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Kingwell, Mark, 1963-
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Baseball -- Psychological aspects.
Failure (Psychology)
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Kingwell, Mark, 1963-
Baseball -- Psychological aspects.
Failure (Psychology)
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Fail better : why baseball matters / Mark Kingwell.
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Kingwell, Mark, 1963-
Biblioasis, 2017.
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796
.357
K55f
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Baseball -- Psychological aspects.
Failure (Psychology)
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9781771961530 (pbk.)
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278 pages ; 22 cm
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Taking seriously the idea that baseball is a study in failure - a very successful batter manages a hit only three of every ten attempts - Mark Kingwell argues that there is no better tutor of human failure's enduring significance than this strange, crooked game of base, where geometry becomes poetry. Weaving elements of memoir, philosophical reflection, sports writing, and humour, Fail Better is an intellectual love letter to baseball by one of North America's most engaging philosophers. Kingwell illustrates complex concepts like theoretically infinite game-space, "time out of time," and the rules of civility with accessible examples drawn from the game, its history, and his own halting efforts to hit 'em where they ain't. Kingwell crafts a thoughtful appreciation of why sports matter, and how they change our vision of the world. Mark Kingwell is a professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto.
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