Field of magic: baseball's superstitions, curses and taboos
Auteur :
Cairney, John
Éditeur :
McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN :
9781476685465
Date de publication :
3 févr. 2023
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,1 cm
Poids :
290 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Drawing on social science, religious studies and SABRmetrics, this book explores the rich history of supernatural belief in baseball and documents a wide variety of rituals, fetishes, taboos and jinxes. Some have changed over time but the preoccupation of coping with uncertainty on the field through magical thinking remains a constant.