Whatrsquos it like to live through sportsrsquo longest season the -game Major League Baseball schedule THE GRIND captures the frustration impermanence and glory felt by the players the staff and their families from the start of spring training to the final game of the year classy baseball writing in the Roger Angell or Tom Boswell tradition ldquoThere is no sport with an everydayness a drum-drum-drum beat like baseballrdquo says Barry Svrluga Players even have a name for this relentless unmatchable rhythm The Grind Svrluga a star baseball writer for theWashington Post wrote a series about the personal toll that baseball takes with each installment highlighting one cog in the baseball machine Therersquos The Wife The Scout The Starter and plenty more characters on the field and behind the scenes of baseball Svrlugas mini-portraits lay bare the constant toil of not just the star players but a lineup of the supporting cast This series is THE GRIND a raw intimate look at the wear-and-tear nature of baseball Itrsquos a sport like no other emphasizes Svrluga and each chapter demonstrates the unique mental emotional and physical costs of Americarsquos pastimeBuilt upon material that appeared in theWashington Post THE GRIND expands on these profiles and includes installments not previously published by thePost.
