Mark Kingwell talking baseball on CBC Ideas

Mark Kingwell sits down with Paul Kennedy from CBC Ideas to chat about the essentially idyllic nature of baseball.
Taking seriously the idea that baseball is a study in failure—a very successful batter manages a base hit in only three of every ten at-bats—Mark Kingwell argues that there is no better tutor of human failure’s enduring significance than this strange, crooked game of base.

Looking to catch the author in Calgary on June 21? Click the link below for the full details on his event with Stacey May Fowles in the Wordfest Lab at Memorial Park Library, hosted by Chris Turner.