Whenever I pick up Ball Four and open it to any random page, all Ihave to do is read a few words and I know exactly what the story is, how the dialogue plays out, and so on. It's like I have memorized that book in my subconscious.
Just for fun I sent him an email a few years back, and he took the time to reply. Very sorry to hear of his passing, but he sure lived an interesting life, and his writing will outlive him by centuries (however long baseball exists.)
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