“I once said that if Charles Manson could hit .300, he’d be playing third base in the big leagues. . . . It’s a fantastic concept, executed with the perfect timing of a squeeze play.” — Jim Bouton, author of Ball Four
“A comic tour de force. . . . This is a novel at once grotesque and hilarious.” — David Shaw, Pulitzer Prize-winning media critic and author of Wilt
“[A] hard-hitting mix of baseball thriller and black comedy.…Ferrell captures the dark nature of modern sports.” — Booklist