One of America\'s finest poets joins forces with one of baseball\'s most outrageous pitchers to paint a revealing portrait of our national game.
Dock\'s keen vision, filtered through Hall\'s extraordinary voice, shows us the hardships and problems of the thinking athlete in an unthinking world..
The two of them, the pitcher and the poet, give us remarkable insight into the customs and culture of this closed clannish world.
Donald Hall \'s forceful, yet elegant, prose brings together all the elements of Dock Ellis\'s story into a seamless whole.
One of America\'s finest poets joins forces with one of baseball\'s most outrageous pitchers to paint a revealing portrait of our national game