At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course, the fates of five people are upended. Henry's fight against self-doubt threatens to ruin his future. College president Guert Affenlight, a longtime bachelor, has fallen unexpectedly and helplessly in love. Owen Dunne, Henry's gay roommate and teammate, becomes caught up in a dangerous affair. Mike Schwartz, the Harpooners' team captain and Henry's best friend, realizes he has guided Henry's career at the expense of his own. And Pella Affenlight, Guert's daughter, returns to Westish after escaping an ill-fated marriage, determined to start a new life. As the season counts down to its climactic final game, these five are forced to confront their deepest hopes, anxieties, and secrets. In the process they forge new bonds, and help one another find their true paths. Written with boundless intelligence and filled with the tenderness of youth, The Art of Fielding is an expansive, warmhearted novel about ambition and its limits, about family and friendship and love, and about commitment--to oneself and to others.

A baseball star at a small college near Lake Michigan launches a routine throw that goes disastrously off course and inadvertently changes the lives of five people, including the college president, a gay teammate, and the president's daughter.

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Excerpt from The Art of Pitching and Fielding The revised edition of "The Art of Pitching and the Art of Fielding," forming a part of Spalding's Library of Athletic Sports for 1886, contains a new departure alike in the form of publication and in the extent of the ground covered by the books. The new edition of the hand-books combines the works on pitching and fielding together in one volume of over two hundred pages, and the books on batting and base-running in another volume. To each work has been added the statistics of the past season showing the best average play in each department of the players of the National League, the American Association, the Eastern League and the Southern League. This first volume contains instructions in the art of pitching and fielding, and the revision given it by the author, has led to a decided improvement in both works. The series of two volumes containing the four works of instruction, should be in the hands of every member of a professional base hall team, while it will be found equally of advantage for the amateur class of the fraternity. These books will be revised each year, and all the new rules and new points will be added, as also the past season's records of best averages, etc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Art of Pitching and Fielding The revised edition Of The Art of Pitching and the Art of Fielding, forming a part of spalding's library OF athletic sports for 1886, contains a new departure alike in the form Of publication and in the extent Of the ground covered by the books. The new edition Of the hand-books combines the Works on pitching and fielding together in one vol ume Of over two hundred pages, and the books on batting and base-running in another volume. To each work has been added the statistics of the past season showing the best average' play in each depart ment Of the players Of the National League, the American Association, the Eastern League and the Southern League. This first volume contains instructions in the art of pitching and fielding, and the revision given it by the author, has led to a decided improvement in both works. The series Of two volumes containing the four works Of instruction, should be in the hands of every member of a professional base ball team, while itwill be found equally Of advantage for the amateur class Of the fraternity. These books will be revised each year, and all the new rules and new points will be added, as also the past season's records of best averages, etc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.