I was disappointed. George Will is a strong baseball fan and some of his writing is excellent, but this is low on the list. As he says at the end he is gushing, but more than anything this story of Wrigley Field went in so many directions that it lost the most important direction - a narrative from beginning to end.We learn about psychological and sociological studies, the text includes Shakespeare, Goethe, and quotes from Great Expectations and William Butler Yeats.
There are baseball references - a trivia distributed throughout text - which is fun, but too short to satisfy the baseball fan who wants to wallow in the suffering of cubs fans.
It is short and part of it are really enjoyable, but overall it is for those in love with the stadium.
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