Bill Kauffman

Homestand is the most anti-MLB but pro-sandlot and hick-circuit baseball book ever published

Skipper was hyperalert, Russ vigilant but pensive

I went on a weeklong comets-and-asteroids-destroy-our-world binge

Like so many intrusions upon our liberties, it was introduced to America by war

You never know when or wherefrom these pitches are coming. I doubt that even Oscar Wilde could hit much above .500 in this league