The Great Gatsby, The Finest Novel Ever

Curt Flood, Of Course, Was In A Class By Himself, A True Hero.

I Am An Old-fashioned Storyteller. I Try To Make People Laugh And Cry. A Fiction Writer's Duty Is To Entertain. If You Can Sneak In Something Profound Or Symbolic, So Much The Better.

Baseball Is The Most Perfect Of Games, Solid, True, Pure And Precious As Diamonds. If Only Life Were So Simple. Within The Baselines Anything Can Happen. Tides Can Reverse; Oceans Can Open. That's Why They Say, "the Game Is Never Over Until The Last Man Is Out." Colors Can Change, Lives Can Alter, Anything Is Possible In This Gentle, Flawless, Loving Game.

[mid-list Writers Are Now] Less Greed On The Part Of Both Publishers And Chain Booksellers. It Is Easier For Them To Publish And Sell Only Blockbusters And Leave The Real Work To Small Presses.

1946, If My Memory Is Correct. Harry "the Cat" Brecheen Went Against The Red Sox In Game 7. I Stayed Home To Listen, Practically Had My Head Inside The Radio.