{"product_id":"watching-baseball-seeing-philosophy-raymond-angelo-belliotti-9780786433032","title":"Watching Baseball, Seeing Philosophy: The Great Thinkers at Play on the Diamond","description":"\u003cp\u003e There are uncanny connections between nine baseball greats and the great thinkers of the West. This book offers a very practical application of Western philosophy by examining these icons of American sport and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The intensity and single-mindedness of Ted Williams breathes life into Camus' Sisyphus; Billy Martin's maniacal competitiveness recalls Niccolo Machiavelli's take on politics, which he characterized as a zero-sum game; the homespun philosophy of Satchel Paige echoes the wisdom of Marcus Aurelius; and the many facets of Joe DiMaggio's personality cry out for the resolution that Nietzsche's doctrine of perspectivism might have given.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Also covered are the connections between Joe Torre and Aristotle; Jackie Robinson and Antonio Gramsci; Mickey Mantle and St. Thomas Aquinas; John Franco and William James; and Jose Canseco and Immanuel Kant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raymond Angelo Belliotti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786433035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786433032\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 5.98w x 0.44d","brand":"Raymond Angelo Belliotti","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47965152608511,"sku":"9780786433032","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_12a669be-8868-441c-a26c-30891909243e.jpg?v=1767278757","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/watching-baseball-seeing-philosophy-raymond-angelo-belliotti-9780786433032","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}