The Fifth Season

If You Were Much Of A Boy Growing Up In The Maspeth Section Of Queens In The Late 1930S And 1940S You Had The Baseball Fever. It Seemed Contagious But It Struck Mostly From Within. . . . Often In Later Years When I Was Writing A Long Series Of Books On The Game Some Well-Intended Philistine Would Ask To Have Explained To Him The Fascination With Baseball. I Offered My Stock Answer: 'If You Have To Ask The Question You'Ll Never Understand The Answer.' With This Small Confession Donald Honig Begins His Charming Memoir Of A Life Devoted To The Charms Of Baseball Including The Many Great Figures Of The Game He Has Known In The Past Half-Century. Mr. Honig Brings To These Tales His Characteristic Intelligence And Wit A Passion For The Integrity Of The Game And A Gift For Creating Memorable Images From Little-Known Episodes As Well As Those Never-To-Be-Forgotten Moments In Baseball History.