He was a devotee of legendary shortstop Aparicio Rodriguez and of Rodriguez's book The Art of Fielding, and honed his own skills to a remarkable degree. Growing up, Henry had developed a passion for baseball. The Art of Fielding opens with an unexpected discovery. T he Art of Fielding, the debut novel by American author Chad Harbach, co-founder of the New York-based literary journal n + 1, begins by appropriating an epigraph from the Extracts section of. Mesmerized and determined not to lose such an example of natural talent, Mike decides the approach the shortstop.Ĭhapter 2 shifts to the perspective of the shortstop himself, Henry Skrimshander. This shortstop spends a few minutes after the game fielding balls hit by his coach, and moves with grace and instinct that immediately impress Mike. Though the game itself was unremarkable, Schwartz makes an important discovery afterwards his attention is drawn to a small, unassuming shortstop from South Dakota. In Chad Harbach's debut novel, The Art of Fielding, the tribulations of a star shortstop at a small liberal arts college take on a Herculean feel. In Chapter 1 of The Art of Fielding, Mike Schwartz, student at Westish College in Wisconsin, has just finished a summer game with his American Legion team.
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