What do you get when a baseball team,
poet, restaurateur, and chef come together?
A Ball,
Of Course
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Soft cover I 32 pages I 8.5 x 8.5 inches I ISBN 979-8990080201 I List Price: $14.99
An illustrated book
About the
joy of
playing
ball
A Ball, Of Course takes readers on a ball-counting adventure through First Horizon Park with a few goal-setting lessons and fun sights along the way!
You’ll find much more than expected at this iconic Nashville sports spot! In addition to the main field, hotdogs, and fireworks, the Nashville Sounds play baseball in a stadium with a mini golf course featuring a 12 foot tall fishboy, gigantic painted guitars, and dynamic installations by local artists.
A Ball, Of Course moves you along that path with a poem exploring the ups and downs of playing ball - whether baseball, putt-putt, basketball, or ping pong. We know, a ball, of course, could veer off course and not land where you like, but when you keep at it and figure out what’s too fast, too slow, too high, too low...eventually, you’ll set your intention, swing, and successfully see your ball zipping down the green!
With nods to the history of the stadium situated near Nashville’s downtown skyline, A Ball, Of Course will inspire you to create your own ball game adventure!
By: Stephanie Pruitt-Gaines
Original watercolor illustrations by Brian Baxter
Brian Baxter’s watercolor depiction of “A World of Harmony” by Cano Ozgener,
“Rain Dance” by Jairo Prado, and “The Sounds of Music” by James Threalkill
Brian Baxter’s watercolor depiction of “The Flare Loop” by Andrew Ferrin
Brian Baxter’s watercolor depiction of “Fishboy” by Cory Basil & Brian Somerville
Photo of Natalie by Katalac Photography
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A Ball, Of Course is the result of a unique Nashville collaboration across industries -- sports, hospitality, philanthropy, and the arts. We play together well here, and have a ball making creative works like A Ball, Of Course and the good times at First Horizon Park’s Band Box happen!
Author, Stephanie Pruitt-Gaines
Illustrator, Brian Baxter
Collaborator, Max Goldberg
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