Homestand

Small Town Baseball and the Fight for the Soul of America

Author  Will Bardenwerper
Homestand

A poignant memoir exploring small town baseball as a lens into what’s right and wrong with modern America—written by an acclaimed journalist and Army Ranger who, after returning from Iraq to a painfully divided country, rediscovered its core values in the bleachers of a minor league ballpark in Batavia, New York.

"Bardenwerper finds hope in the people and community around a former minor league baseball team.”—Washington Post

"Will reveal more about the prospects for America than 100 news stories about politics, and will be a lot more fun.”—James Fallows, bestselling co-author of Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America

What happens when a minor league team—the heart and soul of a Rust Belt town in western New York—is…

$39.99
March 11, 2025
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