num_pages: 240
description: Journey with prolific author and avid baseball fan Ethan Bryan on an exciting quest to play catch every day for a year and discover the lessons he learned about the sacredness of play finding connections and being fully present to the human experience. Ethan Bryan played and wrote about baseball for years. Then his daughters challenged him to set out on a yearlong experiment: to play catch with someone every day. This experience led him across 10 states and 12000 miles on a quest both quixotic and inspiring.Taking you from Sioux Falls South Dakota to the home of the Daytona Tortugas in Florida Bryan played ball and swapped stories with public school teachers veterans journalists nurses musicians entertainers entrepreneurs athletes from every level--amateur to pro--and members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Plus he visited famous destinations such as the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Miracle League fields and the original Field of Dreams in Iowa.But throughout the book Bryan reveals it's about much more than who he played catch with: it's what he learned from their vastly different stories. Lessons include:How play can reignite a fire within you and transform your lifeHow to find joy in the simple thingsHow one life can impact a whole community. . . and more.For baseball fans and everyone who loves a good story A Year of Playing Catch is an inspiring journey about finding joy in the simple things and the power of play to transform our lives.
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title: A Year of Playing Catch: What a Simple Daily Experiment Taught Me about Life
publisher: Zondervan