{"product_id":"watching-baseball-seeing-philosophy-the-great-thinkers-at-play-on-the-diamond-9780786433032","title":"Watching Baseball, Seeing Philosophy: The Great Thinkers at Play on the Diamond","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Raymond Angelo Belliotti\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Baseball - Essays \u0026amp; Writings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46887597539479,"sku":"9780786433032","price":2822.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786433032.webp?v=1770256569","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/watching-baseball-seeing-philosophy-the-great-thinkers-at-play-on-the-diamond-9780786433032","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}