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Harry R. Lewis' Baseball as a Second Language is a charming and charmingly short book. It is essential for those who are unfamiliar with the great American pastime, and it is enjoyable for those who are fans of the game. A guided tour through the use of baseball as metaphor in business, politics, and everyday life, it was apparently born out of a desire by Lewis to enable foreign students to appreciate his own use of baseball as a mirror for the world.