''Baseball Fever''The title refers to the protagonist (Ezra Feldman) and his obsession of

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

; however, it may also refer to his educative father and his depicted sourness of Ezra and his addiction to baseball. is a novel written by Johanna Hurwitz and published in 1981 by

William Morrow and Company William Morrow and Company is an American publishing company founded by William Morrow in 1926. The company was acquired by Scott Foresman in 1967, sold to Hearst Corporation in 1981, and sold to News Corporation News Corporation (abbrev ...

. It features Ezra Feldman as the protagonist, depicted with an obsession to

. The book is primarily centered on Ezra and his struggle to get his scholarly father interested in baseball, his father loathing it and instead preferring

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and

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. The book is set primarily in Flushing, New York, although the story includes

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, and other locations.

Development

Johanna Hurwitz conceived the book after realizing that her children were "obsessed" with baseball;It is stated on the eighth page of the novel that the book was developed from baseball enthusiasts Ben and Nomi Hurwitz. the plot developed into a situation between a father and a

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References

;Notes ;Footnotes 1981 novels Baseball novels Novels set in New York City William Morrow and Company books {{1980s-novel-stub