
Baseballissimo
My Summer in the Italian Minor Leagues
Dave Bidini(Author)
McClelland & Stewart Inc. (Publisher)
Published on 22. March 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-7710-1462-8 (ISBN)
Description
In the spring of 2002, Dave Bidini set off for Nettuno, Italy, with his wife, Janet, and their two small children, in search of his favourite summer game, baseball. Nettuno was his destination because this town, south of Rome, has been the baseball capital of Italy since 1944, when the game was introduced by the American GIs who liberated the region. Bidini wanted to spend time in a town where everyone is as nuts about the game as he is, and in Nettuno, they love the game so much that they hand out baseball gloves and bats to children taking their first communion.
For six months Bidini followed the fortunes of the Serie B Peones, Nettunese to the core. At the same time he was also learning about his own heritage, having spent his youth vigorously ignoring his Italianness. The result of his summer in Italy is vintage Bidini: a funny, perceptive, and engrossing book that takes readers far beyond the professional sport to the game that people around the world love to play.
For six months Bidini followed the fortunes of the Serie B Peones, Nettunese to the core. At the same time he was also learning about his own heritage, having spent his youth vigorously ignoring his Italianness. The result of his summer in Italy is vintage Bidini: a funny, perceptive, and engrossing book that takes readers far beyond the professional sport to the game that people around the world love to play.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
B&W PHOTOS THROUGHOUT
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 169 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
535 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7710-1462-8 (9780771014628)
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Baseballissimo
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Content
Nettuno Peones, 2002
Stronzo with a Smiting Pole
The Pasta Ghetto
Bob Dylan and the Drag Bunt
Mia Palanca, Mia
Nettuno at Montefiascone
There Came a One-Armed Man
1975
Roma at Nettuno
A Pocket of Brick and Mortar
1985
Nettuno at Salerno
Nettuno at Sardinia
Baseball in the Jaws of War
The Eye of the Pig
Montefiascone at Nettuno
The Music of the Mound
Father Baseball
The Fires of Rome
1987
The Eternal Game
Nettuno at Roma
Mike the Duck Must Die
Salerno at Nettuno
1992
The Italian
Palermo at Nettuno
If They Don’t Win, It’s a Shame
The Night of the Wolves
Coming Home
Baseballissimo
Epilogue: A Play at the Plate
Acknowledgments
Stronzo with a Smiting Pole
The Pasta Ghetto
Bob Dylan and the Drag Bunt
Mia Palanca, Mia
Nettuno at Montefiascone
There Came a One-Armed Man
1975
Roma at Nettuno
A Pocket of Brick and Mortar
1985
Nettuno at Salerno
Nettuno at Sardinia
Baseball in the Jaws of War
The Eye of the Pig
Montefiascone at Nettuno
The Music of the Mound
Father Baseball
The Fires of Rome
1987
The Eternal Game
Nettuno at Roma
Mike the Duck Must Die
Salerno at Nettuno
1992
The Italian
Palermo at Nettuno
If They Don’t Win, It’s a Shame
The Night of the Wolves
Coming Home
Baseballissimo
Epilogue: A Play at the Plate
Acknowledgments