Semi-Interesting Anecdotes, Not-So-Crisply Told: This is not a bad book: It's just very sluggisly paced without much style. In the hands of real sportswriters it could have been a gas. The authors are far too reverential: Cooperstown to them is some kind of holy shrine, and anyone with even a smidgen of skepticism is an Unbeliever. Hey, it's already late 1998. Why write like it's 1958?

A collection of the more colorful, entertaining, bizarre and funny baseball stories from its inception to the present. Well-written, and selected with a fine touch and appreciation of the game. ( )