{"id":3593,"date":"2013-10-05T05:31:22","date_gmt":"2013-10-05T12:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i81.a52.mywebsitetransfer.com\/?p=3593"},"modified":"2013-10-05T05:32:27","modified_gmt":"2013-10-05T12:32:27","slug":"review-by-chales-holdefer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dactylfoundation.org\/?p=3593","title":{"rendered":"Review by Charles Holdefer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dactylreview.com\/2013\/10\/05\/the-art-of-fielding-by-chad-harbach\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3594\" title=\"field\" src=\"https:\/\/dactylfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/field.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"148\" \/>The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach<br \/>\nreviewed by Charles Holdefer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dactylreview.com\/2013\/10\/05\/the-art-of-fielding-by-chad-harbach\/\"><\/a><br \/>\nDactyl Review Project<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a long tradition of writing about sport that tries to be more than writing about sport. Journalism, it seems, is not enough. The events of a game and the constraints of its rules become raw materials for allegory. Much fuss has been made in recent years about the rise of nonfiction and its power over the popular imagination\u2014but when it comes to sport, the lure of myth remains strong&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class='fb-like'><iframe src='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/dactylfoundation.org\/?p=3593&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=260&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' allowTransparency='true' style='border:none; overflow:hidden; width:260px; height:26px'><\/iframe><\/p><fb:share-button href=\"https:\/\/dactylfoundation.org\/?p=3593\" type=\"box_count\"><\/fb:share-button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach reviewed by Charles Holdefer Dactyl Review Project There\u2019s a long tradition of writing about sport that tries to be more than writing about sport. Journalism, it seems, is not enough. 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