The History of Baseball (Kindle Single)

The History of Baseball (Kindle Single)

Has anyone ever told you that baseball is more than a game, that itâ€™s really a metaphor for life? Have you ever wondered what they meant? This story imagines the answer.

A single mother moves to Kansas City with her young daughter, and notices that everyone she meetsâ€”her new colleagues, neighbors, even the mailmanâ€”canâ€™t stop talking about baseball. â€œItâ€™s more than just a game,â€ they tell the mother. â€œItâ€™s so much more. What you need is to come to a game and experience it.â€ Again and again the mother makes her excusesâ€”she is busy with work, and parenting, and fending off her ex, who keeps drunk-texting, threatening to sue for custodyâ€”and just doesnâ€™t have time to get out to the stadium. But baseball, it seems, wonâ€™t take no for an answer. One day a Kansas City Royals outfielder moves into the neighborhood. And things only get stranger from thereâ€¦

Soon enough the mother begins to realize that her participation in Americaâ€™s favorite pastime might not be optionalâ€”it might be compulsory, a mandatory part of American life. In fact, whether she keeps her daughter and her job might depend on her learning to play the game. She stalls as long as she can, until one day an unexpected confrontation with three of baseballâ€™s official representativesâ€”a sort of existential World Seriesâ€”determines her fate.

Christie Hodgen is the author of three highly-acclaimed books of fiction, most recently "Elegies for the Brokenhearted," hailed by The New York Times Book Review as "the literary equivalent of a hand grenade." Her awards include a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, two Pushcart Prizes, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She lives in Kansas City.

Cover design by Kristen Radtke.
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-07-10
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-07-10
Format	Kindle eBook

The History of Baseball (Kindle Single)

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