Beep: Inside the Unseen World of Baseball for the Blind
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (678 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0804011893 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The book offers a great example (much in the manner of early Tom Wolfe) of entering a relatively unknown and essentially closed world and making it entirely compelling and fully realizable for the general reader. It’s unusual, witty, and quite needed.” — Stephen Kuusisto, author of Planet of the Blind. “Wanczyk gets it—that disability is a cultural formation and not a defect
In Beep, David Wanczyk illuminates the sport of blind baseball to show us a remarkable version of America’s pastime. What we find are athletes playing their hearts out for a championship. Wanczyk follows teams around the world and even joins them on the field to produce a riveting inside narrative about the game and its players. With balls tricked out to beep three times per second like a troubling EKG and with bases that buzz, beep baseball is both innovative and intensely competitive. Can Austin’s Lupe Perez overcome his temper and lead his team to victory? Can Ethan Johnston, kidnapped and int