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Class A: Baseball in the Middle of Everywhere

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An unforgettable chronicle of a year of minor-league baseball in a small Iowa town that follows not only the travails of the players of the Clinton LumberKings but also the lives of their dedicated fans and of the town itself.
 
Award-winning essayist Lucas Mann delivers a powerful debut in his telling of the story of the 2010 season of the Clinton LumberKings. Along the Mississippi River, in a Depression-era stadium, young prospects from in all places the world compete for an opportunity to move up through the baseball ranks to the major leagues. Their coaches, a few of whom have spent nearly half a century in the game, watch from the dugout. In the bleachers, local fans call out from the similar seats they’ve occupied year after year. And in the distance, smoke rises from the largest remaining factory in a town that once had more millionaires per capita than some other in The united states.
 
Mann turns his eye at the players, the coaches, the fans, the radio announcer, the town, and in the end on himself, a young man raised on baseball, driven to know what still draws him to the stadium. His voice is as fresh and funny as it’s poignant, illuminating both the small triumphs and the harsh realities of minor-league ball. Part sports story, part cultural exploration, part memoir, Class A is a moving and unique study of why we play, why we watch, and why we understand that.

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