Field Work

Praise for Field Work ""What a mind Andrew Forbes has, and how lucky we are that he's given over so much of it to thinking about baseball — sifting through its bottomless history for bits of gold, diving with gusto down its quirkiest rabbit holes. He's a five-tool talent, and with Field Work he stakes his claim as baseball's most indispensable folklorist. This collection of essays is the purest expression yet of his love for the game and the men who played it for a living.""—Devin Gordon, author of So Many Ways to Lose ""Canada’s resident baseball philosopher has done it again, offering a typically charming collection of quirky essays tying America’s pastime to universal facets of life, love and—as the title suggests—work. To read this Andrew Forbes book is to lose oneself in a world of baseball mysticism grounded in the decidedly un-mystic world of hard (and sometimes not-so-hard) labor. Savor it in pieces or gobble it down all at once; either way, you’ll be glad you did.""—Jason Turbow, author of They Bled Blue Praise for Andrew Forbes's Previous Work “Transcendent prose.”—Shelf Awareness “A lovely, philosophical look at the sport of summer, this one suits diehard fanatics as well as the casual baseball fan.”—Toronto Star “Andrew Forbes’s writing is almost invisibly stunning, clear, with romantic flourishes equal to his subject matter.”—The National Post “A seventh-inning stretch of profound wisdom.”—Farther Off the Wall ""Comprehends the game at an elite observational level, yet writes about it accessibly.”—Globe and Mail “Forbes’ essays are as consumable as a large tub of popcorn.”—Fansided