The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop. (1968)

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Would have been 4 stars maybe 4.5 without that last chapter. Might work for some, but not for me.

This is a weird book. I know "weird," like "nice," can sometimes be a relatively meaningless word people use to dismiss something, but sometimes, and this is one of those time, it is absolutely the right word for the job.

The reader has to follow Mr. J. Henry Waugh's transitions between the real world and his baseball universe. This, even as the man himself has problems keeping them separate himself. I enjoyed this, but it isn't for everyone.

While I was reading this book, despite everything, I found myself wanting to fire up the computer and play Out of the Park Baseball - the 21st century version of Mr. Waugh's Universal Baseball Association. ( )

One should always try to keep one's fantasy life separate from the real thing, but Robert Coover has created a charming parable about that sort of thing. ( )

The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, prop. / Robert Coover (1969)

“Read this book add a young kid. Being both a huge baseball fan and a huge fan of the Strat-O-Matic card based baseball game, I can only thank God that I stumbled across this book in my school library. For those reasons I absolutely loved this book and the despair and loneliness of the main character is something that resonated with me even as a young kid.” ( )