Infinite Baseball: Notes from a Philosopher at the Ballpark

by Alva Noë

Book Overview

Baseball is a strange sport: it consists of long periods in which little seems to be happening, punctuated by high-energy outbursts of rapid fire activity. Because of this, despite ever greater profits, Major League Baseball is bent on finding ways to shorten games, and to tailor baseball to today's shorter attention spans. But for the true fan, baseball is always compelling to watch -and intellectually fascinating. It's superficially slow-pace is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190928182
• ISBN13: 9780190928186
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

Baseball is an Idea

Absolutely my kind of book! As infinite as it is, I didn’t want it to end! It won’t appeal to everyone, but if you love baseball and contemplating its meaning in the world at large, this will spark your thinking and light up your imagination.