Baseball DIY

I just finished reading The Game by Robert Benson. It's one of those "feel good" baseball books, a sweet story about how a guy loves baseball, his family loves baseball and they love each other a little better and a little more because of baseball. The essay collection is anchored by a minor league game in Nashville, and as Benson recounts what is going on down on the field, he uses that action to jump back and forth in his life and find larger lessons taken from the game. It should have been extremely cheesey (and a time or two it gets darn close), but overall it's a nicely done book that will pretty much appeal to anyone who loves the game - and not just a specific team. One of the things I liked best about it was that Benson and his daughter connect completely through baseball, and her dreams of playing in the majors one day are wholly supported by her father. That was a nice surprise, and certainly a welcome one.