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The Baseball Widow

The Baseball Widow

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not not into novels. It’s just that most of the reading and reviewing I have done on this site is for non-fiction books written about (or by, or both) Japanese baseball players and teams. This genre of book comes out of right field in some ways. In fact, although baseball…

Pop Flies, Robo-Pets, and Other Disasters

Pop Flies, Robo-Pets, and Other Disasters

This is the first book review I have ever written for a book that I did not originally have any intention of reading. In fact, I knew nothing of its existence until just a couple of days before it was sent my way by mail. Allow me to explain. A few months back, one of…