BALLPARK BLUES
C. W. Tooke, . . Doubleday, $22.95 (304pp) ISBN 978-0-385-50640-3
"I had no girlfriend, a job I was beginning to actively loathe, few close friends, and a car so ugly that no one would steal it," laments Russ Bryant, the agreeably morose, 30ish baseball reporter who narrates Tooke's well-turned debut novel. Russ is down on his luck until he befriends a promising minor league player, Casey Fox, who has monumental talent—and a chip on his shoulder the size of Fenway Park. As Casey rises to stardom with the Boston Red Sox, he gives interviews only to Russ, who becomes well known in his own right. The novel follows their career dilemmas (Does Casey care enough about baseball to put up with the creepy agents, greedy owners and cynical media? Does Bryant really want to write for
Reviewed on: 01/20/2003
Genre: Fiction
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