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Title: King's of the Hill/an Irreverent Look at the Men on the Mound by Nolan Ryan, Mickey Herkowitz, Mickey Herskowitz ISBN: 0061090255 Publisher: Harper Mass Market Paperbacks Pub. Date: July, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99

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Average Customer Rating: 3

Rating: 3
Summary: He Gave Up A Lot Of Walks, But He Didn't Write "Ball Four"
Comment: Just another baseball book, and despite Ryan's undisputed greatness as a pitcher, not a particularly memorable one. Ryan comes across in these pages as an engaging and appealing personality, but the book lacks any personal stamp. To say it's definitely not "Ball Four" may be unfair, since Ryan didn't intend to write that kind of tell-all book. But Bouton set a gold standard for memorable prose by a baseball player and Ryan just doesn't have Bouton's way with words. There are, however, a few entertaining stories about pitchers, such as this one about Don Drysdale: an umpire once ran his hands through Drysdale's hair, after members of the opposing team claimed he was putting Vaseline hair tonic on the ball. "When my wife does that," Drysdale told the ump, "she usually kisses me."
This book is only for hard-core baseball (and Nolan Ryan) fans.