Foreword Larry Thomas (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. s4 6"x9"; 350 pages; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. A used copy with normal reading wear. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, contact me before ordering for details. Contains the following essays: "Foreword" by Bill Littlefield; "Pre-Game Warm-up: Who's on First?"; "There's No Place Like Home!" by Joe Kraus; "Minnesota's 'Homer Hanky Jurisprudence': Contradiction, Ethics, and the Twins" by Paul Horan and Jason Solomon; "Should Cubs Fans Be Committed? What Bleacher Bums Have to Teach Us about the Nature of Faith" by Thomas D. Senor; "Taking One for the Team: Baseball and Sacrifice" by Willie Young; "There Are No Ties at First Base" by Ted Cohen; "Taking Umpiring Seriously: How Philosophy Can Help Umpires Make the Right Calls" by J. S. Russell; "Baseball, Cheating, and Tradition: Would Kant Cork His Bat?" by Randolph Feezell; "There's No Lying in Basebal (Wink, Wink)" by Mark J. Hamilton; "Democracy and Dissent: Why America Needs Reggie Jackson:" by Eric Bronson; "Baseball and the Search for an American Moral Identity" by William J. Morgan; "The Negro Leagues and the Contradictions of Social Darwinism" by Alex Ruck and Bob Ruck; "We're American Too: The Negro Leagues and the Philosophy of Resistance" by Pellom McDaniels III; "The Zen of Hitting" by Gregory Bassham; "Japanese Baseball and It's Warrior Ways" by Michael Brannigan; "The Numbers Game: What Fans Should Know about the Stats They Love" by Jay Bennett and Aryn Martin; "Women Playing Hardball" by Leslie Heaphy; "Walking Barry Bonds: The Ethics of the Intentional Walk" by R. Scott Kretchmar; "Socrates at the Ballpark" by Heather L. Reid; "Baseball and Ethics: Should Pete Rose Be in the Hall of Fame?" (Yes) by Aeon J. Skoble (No) "Baseball and Political Philosophy: Does A-Rod Deserve So Much Money?" (Yes) by by Albert Duncan (No) by Joel Shuman; "Baseball and Metaphysics: Does Superstition Help Performance?" (Yes) by Steven Streeter (No ) by Neil Feit; "Baseball and Legal Philosophy: Should Steroids Be Banned?" (Yes) by Michaelm J. McGrath (No) by Simon Eassom; "Baseball and Aesthetics: What's the Best Baseball Movie?" (The Natural 1984) by Vincent L. Toscano (It Happens Every Spring 1949) by Larry Raful; "Baseball and Education: Were Baseball Players Better Role Models Then or Now?" (Then) by Edward A. Sullivan (Now) by Graham Harman.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. No markings. Discoloration to front free endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 178 pages. 5.50x0.44x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published In 1997 : 1st. Edition : Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Maryland USA : The Back Cover Has A Vertical Crease Running Down It's Length : ( The Left Hand Side ) : Otherwise Fine : The Interior Is In Excellent Condition : No Inscriptions : Good Solid Binding And Bright Clear Text : Overall , A Very Nice Copy .…

spiral_bound. Condition: As New. Signed by the author and mint.

spiral_bound. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Slim octavo. French-folded wrappers. Wrappers slightly bent inwards at the foredge where they are a bit longer than the textblock, spine slightly toned and lower wrap a bit rubbed, near fine. A dedication copy, Inscribed to Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Donald Justice and his wife on the front blank: "To Don and Jean - with love - Tom. Oct. 68 [sic]." The printed dedication reads: "For Donald Justice, Barbara, Many friends, and a few enemies." In his foreword, titled "The Anatomy of Saturday Night," Larry Levis calls McAfee an "original poet" and compares his work to that of Weldon Kees, "because McAfee's knowledge of terror is as complete as Kees'.".…