{"product_id":"the-only-way-is-the-steady-way-essays-on-baseball-ichiro-and-how-we-watch-the-game-9781988784663","title":"The Only Way Is the Steady Way: Essays on Baseball, Ichiro, and How We Watch the Game","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEssays about baseball's past, present, and future--and the wisdom of Ichiro Suzuki\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Only Way Is the Steady Way\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e is a baseball memoir in scorecards and baseball cards, a recollection \u003cbr\u003eof the game's biggest stars and outlandish personalities, and \u003cbr\u003eintrospective letters to a legendary player. These essays examine the \u003cbr\u003emeaning of baseball across international borders and at all levels of \u003cbr\u003ethe game--from Little League diamonds to big league ballparks. Parents \u003cbr\u003elearn unexpected lessons at t-ball, cheap souvenirs reveal their hidden \u003cbr\u003esignificance, and baseball's beating heart is exposed through sharply \u003cbr\u003ebeautiful observations about the history of the game. Forbes locates \u003cbr\u003epeace, reassurance, and a way to measure the passage of time with home \u003cbr\u003erun bonanzas, old games on YouTube, and especially in the unique career \u003cbr\u003eof beloved outfielder Ichiro Suzuki.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust as he did in \u003ci\u003eThe Utility of Boredom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003e Forbes shows us how a summertime distraction might help us to make \u003cbr\u003esense of the world, and how a certain enigmatic Japanese superstar \u003cbr\u003eoffers a surprising ethos for living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Andrew Forbes's essays are cool and clear and may well slake the thirst of any thinking baseball fan.\"\u003cb\u003e--Rob Neyer, author of \u003ci\u003ePower Ball: Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Transcendent prose.\"\u003cb\u003e--Shelf Awareness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForbes, Andrew:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Forbes\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the story collections \u003ci\u003eLands and Forests\u003c\/i\u003e (Invisible Publishing, 2019) and \u003ci\u003eWhat You Need\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), which was shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, and named a finalist for the Trillium Book Prize. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Utility of Boredom: Baseball Essays\u003c\/i\u003e (2016). Forbes lives in Peterborough, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Invisible Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50444710314258,"sku":"9781988784663","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ecf083f5-77f1-47f1-bb13-f0e409d1bc78.jpg?v=1729687563","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-only-way-is-the-steady-way-essays-on-baseball-ichiro-and-how-we-watch-the-game-9781988784663","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}