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"Batting Cleanup, Bill Conlin" (Baseball in America) |
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Traditionally, the sports pages yield some of the best--and worst--writing found in newspapers. Philadelphians have such reverence for the crisp wordsmithing of Daily News sports columnist Bill Conlin--known to the rest of the United States as "the fat guy" on ESPN's The Sports Reporters--that they'd consider it sacrilege to wrap fish in him. This superb collection, dating back to the '60s, shows why. Conlin leads with his wit, but his passion's never far behind, regardless of which sport he's covering. His "When I'm King of the World" columns are priceless in their pithy commentary and caustic presentation, and his limerick on Monica Seles's grunting might make Edward Lear grunt with envy. If Conlin's not king, a pretender holds the crown.
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