Hot Corner: Baseball Stories & Writing & Humor

by Louis Phillips

Sports build character, right? Right. In this book, Louis Phillips sets out to prove that even if that platitude isn't true, it is at least true that characters build sports, especially the sport of baseball. Do you remember when the Charlotte Whips hired Eskimos as a come-on gimick? Do you remember when Paul Bunyan tried out for the majors? and what about Donut Harry, the poor guy who was traded for half a box of stale donuts? Remember him? After reading this collection, you'll never forget any of them. As Babe Ruth would have said, "Why read my statistics, when you can read Louis Phillips' book?"

152 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1996