"Takes readers inside the clubhouse, the dugout, and the bullpen-not to mention the airplane, the train and the hotel room-in ways no sportswriter ever has." - Washington Post "Rich and always interesting....This is the most authentic and convincing book about baseball I have ever read." - Los Angeles Times "Funny, candid, and even more interesting because it doesn't chronicle an exceptional season (something Brosnan reserved for his second book, Pennant Race, 1962), this book was a game changer." - Booklist "One of the best baseball books ever written. It is probably one of the best American diaries as well." - New York Times
