Working at the Ballpark

The Fascinating Lives of Baseball People from Peanut Vendors and Broadcasters to Players and Managers

By Jones, Tom Bard & Ryan, Nolan

Publishers Summary:
What if Studs Terkel wrote a book with Bill James? You'd have a book on what it's really like to make a living in the world of baseball.For everyone who ever dreamed of making their love of baseball into their vocation, Working at the Ballpark will provide a view at their lives that might have been, with interviews with more than 50 people who make a living in major league baseball. Each is asked the same questions: What is your job? How did you get into this line of work? What does this job mean to you? From peanut vendors and equipment managers to general managers and star players, from John Guilfoy, who sells sausages at Fenway, to Chris Hanson, who plays "Bernie Brewer" in Milwaukee, to Omar Vizquel, who anchors the infield at AT&T Park, this is an insider's perspective on the enormous scope of the game.

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ISBN
978-1-60239-226-7
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing


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Reviewed on February 1, 2008

Here are insightful interviews with baseball folk-50 men and two women (a percentage well below women's still-low numbers in off-field positions). In their own words, edited slightly "for cla...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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