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Out in the Field
by
Kate McMurray (Goodreads Author)
Ignacio Rodriquez, Iggy to his friends, has been dreaming about playing baseball for the Brooklyn Eagles ever since he was a boy. His dream comes true and then some; he finds himself playing alongside his idol, first baseman Matt Blanco, who is everything he dreamed of and more.
Matt Blanco is entering the twilight of his career, plagued by injuries and two decades of lyin...more
Matt Blanco is entering the twilight of his career, plagued by injuries and two decades of lyin...more
ebook, 246 pages
Published
April 24th 2012
by Loose ID, LLC
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This was THE BOOK! The one that I've been wanting, wishing, dreaming (and at times begging) for since the moment I discovered M/M romance. A baseball story, two professional players, one Dominican, in NYC, written by a true fan.
But it was BETTER than what I wanted, because I could not have come up with two characters as dear, engrossing, dignified and truly in love as Iggy and Matt, nope, I could not have wished for a better book than this. I LOVED IT!...I shall say it again I LOVED IT!
Matt Blan...more
But it was BETTER than what I wanted, because I could not have come up with two characters as dear, engrossing, dignified and truly in love as Iggy and Matt, nope, I could not have wished for a better book than this. I LOVED IT!...I shall say it again I LOVED IT!
Matt Blan...more
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Jun 06, 2013
Cole Riann
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Baseball Fans!
Recommended to Cole by:
Lauraadriana
Second Read - 6/4/13 to 6/6/13
Review posted at The Armchair Reader for Kate McMurray Week!
I can't help it -- this is still my favorite book from Kate McMurray!
Matt Blanco is a Brooklyn boy, born into a crazy Italian family and famous as a top professional baseball player, nearing the end of his long career with the Brooklyn Eagles. He is also gay. There's never even been a rumor of his sexuality, though he's a perennial bachelor, because of his complete dedication towards discretion. If basebal...more
Review posted at The Armchair Reader for Kate McMurray Week!
I can't help it -- this is still my favorite book from Kate McMurray!
Matt Blanco is a Brooklyn boy, born into a crazy Italian family and famous as a top professional baseball player, nearing the end of his long career with the Brooklyn Eagles. He is also gay. There's never even been a rumor of his sexuality, though he's a perennial bachelor, because of his complete dedication towards discretion. If basebal...more
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4.25 out of 5.0 stars
Matt and Iggy are major-league baseball players (for the "Brooklyn Eagles"), who start a secret relationship. Matt is Italian-American, in his late thirties, and struggling with a bad knee. Nearing retirement, he has no idea what he will do next. Iggy is Dominican-American, in his early twenties, and a rising star in baseball.
Both experience increasing frustration with having to keep their sexual orientation secret, but they feel they have to in order to protect their sport...more
Matt and Iggy are major-league baseball players (for the "Brooklyn Eagles"), who start a secret relationship. Matt is Italian-American, in his late thirties, and struggling with a bad knee. Nearing retirement, he has no idea what he will do next. Iggy is Dominican-American, in his early twenties, and a rising star in baseball.
Both experience increasing frustration with having to keep their sexual orientation secret, but they feel they have to in order to protect their sport...more
May 08, 2012
Anna
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5 of 5 stars
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GAAAAH THIS WAS SO AMAZING !!! Iggy and Matt were so fucking perfect together! Actually, everything about this book was perfect; I loved it so, so much! I was so sad when it ended, cause I could've read 100 more pages about them. Honestly, I feel like nothing I could write here could do justice to how great this book is so I invite you to read Lauraadriana's review, a perfect review for a perfect book.
The only thing I want to add is, never in my life I've been interested in baseball (never even...more
The only thing I want to add is, never in my life I've been interested in baseball (never even...more
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I'm not going to lie. I cried. I'm not sure when a book last made me cry - Skaia maybe? And this one came out of left field; I was wandering along, thinking this was a perfectly good book, but lacking in a deeper level of emotion (WARNING: I'm an angst-junky- all commentary must be filtered due to my extreme need for some sort of heart-ripping drama and resolution). Then.... Bam! I'm crying. (sometimes Emeril says it best) I don't know if the rest of the book even rises to the level of slow burn...more
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I'll start by saying I stayed up until 2am to finish this book. The main characters of Iggy and Matt faced a whole host of issues, any one of which could have been spun into endless angst, let alone the combination of them all. The 13 year age difference;Iggy being the star rookie and Matt being the aging, injured future hall of famer; having a relationship as co-workers; ultimately having a long distance relationship; "work" being playing on a major league baseball team, and oh yes... being clo...more
Wow! This was an absolutely wonderful read! GAHHH! It was super cute and so amazing! Now I need to calm down a little so I can write a review that actually makes sense...!
I must say that I was kind of worried at first that I wouldn't understand much of the story because I know very little about baseball, but that really didn't matter at all. The story was still completely understandable and I loved every single page. It wasn't particularly short, but I still didn't want it to come to an end! I r...more
I must say that I was kind of worried at first that I wouldn't understand much of the story because I know very little about baseball, but that really didn't matter at all. The story was still completely understandable and I loved every single page. It wasn't particularly short, but I still didn't want it to come to an end! I r...more
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Nice romance but I'm not a fan of May/December relationships especially when the age difference is harped on so much. Both the characters seemed fairly depressed.
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Out in the Field by Kate McMurray is so good it almost became my top pick for this month (but Counterpunch had an even stronger emotional impact on me). With almost all of her books, the author creates a vivid setting in New York City, and this book is no exception. The setting and the sport of baseball come across with absolute authenticity, as do the two very likable characters of Matt and Iggy, men who are not filled with angst, or overly emotional, or overly flamboyant.
Instead, they are good...more
Instead, they are good...more
Just finished this and wanted to share a few thoughts. While I agree with those who think the book is unrealistic in the acceptance that the guys seem to find amongst their teammates and their fans, I also say, come on, it's a gay romance, not a doctoral thesis on gays in baseball. These romances, at their heart, are unrealistic from page one usually. I mean, it's nice to think that you'll look into the eyes of some stunning guy across the room and *BOOM* he's into you, has a tastefully decorate...more
I just finished reading this and immediately decided to write a review. This was such a good book! I loved everything about it, especially Iggy and Matt. It was well written and realistic seeming and I loved the relationship between The 2 characters, which was so well done. They seemed like a real couple going through real challenges, instead of the unrealistic almost-married-at first-sight deal that most M/M romances seem to portray. There was no overwrought angst, but real problems that any ga...more
Okay, it would be nice to have a big old academic and intelligent review, but mostly this book made me SO GODDAMN HAPPY and nervous and excited and sad and tense and euphoric and giddy and giggly and all the things books are supposed to do. It takes a real problem and puts it in very real terms, and you ride their ride through trying to be out players in the big leagues. Or majors or whatever it is. I don't know sports but who cares, they were dear darlings, and I just wanted to wrap them up and...more
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What a wonderful, ultimately heartwarming story, with real stakes and real rewards for the characters.
The characters are really well developed as individuals and their life of professional baseball is rich with detail. It was real genius to have Matt and Iggy at completely different stages of their careers, dealing with their unique problems.
If I had one critique, it's that perhaps that sort of stuff left the story too cramped to fully flesh out the romantic relationship. Matt and Iggy just jum...more
The characters are really well developed as individuals and their life of professional baseball is rich with detail. It was real genius to have Matt and Iggy at completely different stages of their careers, dealing with their unique problems.
If I had one critique, it's that perhaps that sort of stuff left the story too cramped to fully flesh out the romantic relationship. Matt and Iggy just jum...more
Oh, I get it! Out in the field.
So... three stars for this one. I liked it but for some reason the chemistry between these characters didn't ever ignite for me. It was an easy read and I didn't get bored or have to put it aside, but it just didn't quite hit the right notes.
This was more about Matt and Iggy coming out than it was about the romance. The actual "getting together" happened very quickly, so I think I kind of missed the falling in love stuff.
And for all the reviews touting McMurray as...more
So... three stars for this one. I liked it but for some reason the chemistry between these characters didn't ever ignite for me. It was an easy read and I didn't get bored or have to put it aside, but it just didn't quite hit the right notes.
This was more about Matt and Iggy coming out than it was about the romance. The actual "getting together" happened very quickly, so I think I kind of missed the falling in love stuff.
And for all the reviews touting McMurray as...more
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I'm not sure if this story is a 4 or a 5 but as I was half-way through the story I'll rate this as a 4. The story is so sweet by the way. My only problem with it is why Blanco the "supposedly" legend of Brooklyn Eagles has to go down his career without so much as dignity. Why can't he just ended his career in Eagles where he made his name. I know it's part of the plot but I just can't understand why it has to go down that road. I'm glad though that Blanco has such a humility in him despite his s...more
***3.5 coming out stars***
Who knew baseball players could be soo hott?!?!?!
Meet Iggy
Iggy makes it to the pros and winds up on the team Brooklyn Eagles to play along side his all time idol, Matt Blanco
Iggy and Matt fall in love, keep there realationship secret for 4 year till Matt writes a book about being a closet gay in the major leagues... and so the story ends with both or hot players coming out and living happily ever after
Who knew baseball players could be soo hott?!?!?!
Meet Iggy
Iggy makes it to the pros and winds up on the team Brooklyn Eagles to play along side his all time idol, Matt Blanco
Iggy and Matt fall in love, keep there realationship secret for 4 year till Matt writes a book about being a closet gay in the major leagues... and so the story ends with both or hot players coming out and living happily ever after
I love sports, but I could not figure out why do many people love baseball for years now. I did not grew up with it you see and when I came to live in US I thought it was the dullest game on the planet. Friends tried to explain it to me, but to no avail. This book may have done something that my friends could not - it made me feel and like baseball energy, so maybe it will transform into something more :) . This is of course a romance which I thought was executed perfectly - all the problems tha...more
I loved that this book was about how having the right person in your life can give you courage to make choices and take steps that you might not otherwise have been able to. I loved how real the relationship between Iggy and Matt seemed, that they had real problems and worked through them together. I also loved how supportive and healthy their relationship was, when it could so easily have been otherwise with the need for secrecy and the other challenges they faced.
I'm not usually a fan of age d...more
I'm not usually a fan of age d...more
This is a beautiful love story about two well-known athletes who must decide if risking their careers is worth being able to live and love openly.
I can't believe I'm about to say this, because I usually love to peek inside the bedroom, but I found the sex scenes to be somewhat distracting. They were very intense, and very steamy, but I was so invested in what was happening between these two outside the bedroom, I felt I didn't need the explicit sex to hold my interest. That is meant to be a comp...more
I can't believe I'm about to say this, because I usually love to peek inside the bedroom, but I found the sex scenes to be somewhat distracting. They were very intense, and very steamy, but I was so invested in what was happening between these two outside the bedroom, I felt I didn't need the explicit sex to hold my interest. That is meant to be a comp...more
3,5 stars
Unfamiliar with baseball the sports part was lost upon me but the touching how-it-should-be romance made it worth reading.
Unfamiliar with baseball the sports part was lost upon me but the touching how-it-should-be romance made it worth reading.
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I've hit the jackpot. In two days I've read three very good books, including Out in the Field. I wasn't sure about it because I'm not into jocks and, sorry, I don't like baseball. Fear not if, like me, you don't like baseball either; because it is so much more than a baseball book featuring two men as the MC's. Lots of good reviews here on GR's already, so my two cents worth follows.
When Out in the Field started I thought the language a bit simplistic but that was so wrong of me. What the writin...more
When Out in the Field started I thought the language a bit simplistic but that was so wrong of me. What the writin...more
This is a wonderful story about two men who are forced to be in the closet by the pressures of playing professional baseball. Matt is nearing the end of a highly successful career, and Iggy is the newly-acquired hot rookie, when they have their first moment of "I wonder if he's gay; I wonder if he can tell I am..." across the locker room. From that moment their relationship develops in a slow organic way that feels natural and believable and sweet.
The baseball in this story is just about perfect...more
The baseball in this story is just about perfect...more
4.5 stars.
This was a great look into the lives of professional athletes and once again it saddened me that there is even a need for some of them to remain in the closet. Why it should matter to people who these athletes sleep with is beyond me. Bravo to Matt and Iggy for eventually finding the courage and bravery to be true to themselves and to each other, and in doing so they hopefully helped to pave the way for a better future in the sports industry. Things weren't always easy for them but the...more
This was a great look into the lives of professional athletes and once again it saddened me that there is even a need for some of them to remain in the closet. Why it should matter to people who these athletes sleep with is beyond me. Bravo to Matt and Iggy for eventually finding the courage and bravery to be true to themselves and to each other, and in doing so they hopefully helped to pave the way for a better future in the sports industry. Things weren't always easy for them but the...more
That’s it! It’s over! But I’m not ready for that I want more, that’s so not fair when you love a book that it has to end.
I loved everything about this book, Iggy and Matt were perfect, there was romance but I thought this story was more about the loving relationship between these two men. This was different than most m/m romance books there was no cheating, no real angst, no major fighting, no drama, it’s about 2 men that love each working at keeping their relationship the best way they know ho...more
I loved everything about this book, Iggy and Matt were perfect, there was romance but I thought this story was more about the loving relationship between these two men. This was different than most m/m romance books there was no cheating, no real angst, no major fighting, no drama, it’s about 2 men that love each working at keeping their relationship the best way they know ho...more
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It so happens that I've never read anything by this author before and after a book like this, I can honestly ask myself, why not? OUT IN THE FIELD deals with one of the more popular themes in m/m romance and one not a lot of authors are willing to tackle to this extent. Kate McMurray tells us she's a baseball fan right there in the dedication and with her detailed descriptions, she easily made that fact jump o...more
It so happens that I've never read anything by this author before and after a book like this, I can honestly ask myself, why not? OUT IN THE FIELD deals with one of the more popular themes in m/m romance and one not a lot of authors are willing to tackle to this extent. Kate McMurray tells us she's a baseball fan right there in the dedication and with her detailed descriptions, she easily made that fact jump o...more
After reading Joshua Martino’s Fontana, the outstanding fictional tale of a professional baseball player who is outed by a journalist and then falls victim to the aftermath of that invasion of his privacy, I was both hesitant and tempted to read Kate McMurray’s Out in the Field. Where Fontana does absolutely nothing to romanticize the plight of baseball player Ricky Fontana, Out in the Field takes a slightly less heart-wrenching but no less touching look at what it means to be gay in a world whe...more
I'm conflicted about my feelings for this book. On one hand, I liked it but on the other I was frustrated by the lack of everything else aside from sex.
What attracted me to this story was the different elements within it. Matt and Iggy have a fourteen year age difference and I've always been fond of age gap stories. I also loved the fact this is based around baseball because I am a (somewhat) baseball fan. Add into it that these boys were both hot and intense and it makes for a good read.
Howeve...more
What attracted me to this story was the different elements within it. Matt and Iggy have a fourteen year age difference and I've always been fond of age gap stories. I also loved the fact this is based around baseball because I am a (somewhat) baseball fan. Add into it that these boys were both hot and intense and it makes for a good read.
Howeve...more
Grade: C+
I’ve read a few other McMurray books, and so far only one (Blind Items) has crossed my “Must Be Memorable” threshold for a “B” grade — and as you can see, this one di...more
“Can I try something?” he asked.
Iggy raised an eyebrow. “Okay.”
“Give me your hand.”
Iggy held his hand out, palm down. Matt pressed it onto the table, and then he threaded their fingers together.
Iggy looked at their tangled hands for a long time and then said with no small amount of awe in his voice, “We’re holding hands.”
I’ve read a few other McMurray books, and so far only one (Blind Items) has crossed my “Must Be Memorable” threshold for a “B” grade — and as you can see, this one di...more
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Kate McMurray is a nonfiction editor. Also, she is crafty (mostly knitting and sewing, but she also wields power tools), she plays the violin, and she dabbles in various other pursuits. She’s maybe a tiny bit obsessed with baseball. She lives in Brooklyn, NY, with a presumptuous cat.
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