Playing Hard Ball : County Cricket and Big League Baseball

County Cricket and Big League Baseball

By: E.T. Smith

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Paperback | 1 January 2000 | Edition Number 1

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Is cricket 'like baseball on valium'? Is baseball just an American version of rounders? Such stereotypes have dominated the British attitude to baseball and the American view of cricket. InPlaying Hard Ball, Ed Smith, who was brought up to love cricket from the moment he could walk and is now a professional with Kent, describes his journey into American major league baseball with the New York Mets during their spring training camp in Florida and charts his deepening affection for both games. How different is taking guard as a cricketing batsman from standing at the baseball plate? How do the techniques, pressure and lifestyles of the professionals compare? Acutely intelligent, personal and refreshing in its humour and clarity, Playing Hard Ball is a compelling analysis of two games which are uniquely bound up with the historic development of British and American identity. It is written with the passion and sympathy of a genuine fan - but with the behind-the-scenes insight of a professional player.

Industry Reviews

'Original engrossing lucid and informative' Christopher Martin-Jenkins, THE TIMES

'Quite simply it is brilliant' THE CRICKETER

'Ed Smith is superb on analysing the different techniques involved in the two activities. He also writes with great insight excellent on the social and historical contexts of both baseball and cricket.' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

'An instructive and entertaining book, full of insights.' DAILY TELEGRAPH

'A penetrating book written with the command of a professional sportsman.' DAILY MAIL

'The road to enlightenment is an entertaining one It proceeds via autobiography, travelogue, and sporting anthropology with plenty of good stories along the way. INDEPENDENT

Original...engrossing...lucid and informative - Christopher Martin-Jenkins, THE TIMES

Quite simply it is brilliant - THE CRICKETER

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