{"product_id":"the-entitled-a-tale-of-modern-baseball","title":"The Entitled A Tale of Modern Baseball","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The Entitled is a baseball masterpiece, like The Natural and Field of Dreams.\" --Mike Schmidt, Baseball Hall of Fame\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom legendary six-time National Sportswriter of the Year and NPR commentator Frank Deford comes a richly detailed, page-turning tale that takes you deep into America's game.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHowie Traveler never made it as a player-his one major league hit and .091 batting average attest to that. He was cursed with that worst of professional maladies, the ill fortune of almost.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow after years of struggling up the coaching ladder, Howie's finally been given his shot as manager of the Cleveland Indians. But whether Howie can spot a small flaw in a batter's swing won't matter if he can't manage his superstar outfielder Jay Alcazar, a slugger with enormous talent (and an ego to match).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNo crisis on the field fazes Jay and no woman off the field rejects him. But one night at a hotel Howie sees something at Jay's door he wishes he hadn't...and it leaves Howie with an impossible choice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePraise for THE ENTITLED:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I loved The Entitled...reminded me of the many people I've known and played with-pure baseball.\" --Lou Piniella, Manager, Chicago Cubs\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Frank Deford is not just an immensely talented sportswriter, he's an immensely talented American writer.\" --David Halberstam\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In men like Traveler and Alcazar we find the beating heart and struggling soul of baseball...\" --Jeff MacGregor, Sports Illustrated; author of Sunday Money\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Engrossing...Readers are exposed to a richly textured understanding of baseball and, no less, of estrangement, ambition, mendacity and the search for one's destiny-notwithstanding the cost in human or financial terms.\" --Library Journal\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"...proves once again that Deford can play at the highest level in any league.\" --Michael Mewshaw, author of Year of the Gun\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Deford scores another hit with this novel of athletes behaving badly...tackles timely and provocative issues without flinching.\" --Publishers Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Bulk","offers":[{"title":"Used \/ 9781402212550-001","offer_id":43826429788221,"sku":"9781402212550-001","price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/6407773482687.jpg?v=1792075396","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-entitled-a-tale-of-modern-baseball","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}