Review roundup: “Infinite Baseball”

June 18, 2019

Image result for alva noeAs a pretentious faux-intellectual, I’m always interested in books that combine philosophy with the national pastime. How cool, then, to come across Infinite Baseball: Notes from a Philosopher at the Ballpark, by Alva Noë, a professor at Berkeley.

I’m switching between the print edition and audio book and quite enjoying it; look for a “Bookshelf Conversation” with the author at some point. In the meantime, here are a few reviews from other sources:

  • It’s included in this piece on a dozen books comprising a “formidable lineup” from the Washington Post, not all of which I believe belong batched together as among the best the season has to offer (see my entry, “I disapprove of what you say…”).
  • The Wall Street Journal deemed it worthy of its own space (note: subscription required to read the whole thing.)
  • This as the finale from our old friend Tom Hoffarth as part of his annual “30 Baseball Books in 30 Days” report. (More on that in another entry.)
  • Here’s an interview with the author from the Los Angeles Review of Books.
  • And a review from the Front Porch Republic.
  • Which, by the way, appears in this bizarre Youtube rendition. I heard this before I saw the written version and wondered, what the hell is this? Is the voice supposed to be that of a precocious child with an advanced vocabulary? An adult on helium? A computer-generated voice? Truly strange.

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