{"product_id":"9780786132188","title":"Squeeze Play","description":"Reporter A. B. Berkowitz finds herself “alone with a locker room full of naked men” as she tries to write about the game of baseball amidst players who only want to gross her out, in this funny, raunchy, authentic tale by a former \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e sportswriter. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRave Reviews for SQUEEZE PLAY. . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jane Leavy's \u003ci\u003eSqueeze Play\u003c\/i\u003e is the best novel ever written about baseball … the funniest, raunchiest, and most compassionate baseball novel I've ever read….Sure to offend some people who cried during \u003ci\u003eField of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e - and that's good enough for me.\" -\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jane Leavy's terrific \u003ci\u003eSqueeze Play\u003c\/i\u003e will have you reeling with laughter.\" -Larry King \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSqueeze Play\u003c\/i\u003e does for baseball what \u003ci\u003eSemi-Tough\u003c\/i\u003e did for football.\" -\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Raunchy…authentic…this tale by a former sportswriter for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e will delight readers willing to accept a healthy dose of vulgarity with their humor, especially those who know and love the rhythms and complexities of the national pastime.\" -\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There is a lot of foul locker-room language and bawdiness, which may trouble some readers, but this is a funny, tender, true-to-life story of baseball, journalism, and war between the sexes.\" -\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There hasn't been a good baseball novel since Mark Harris's series of books about southpaw Henry Wiggin. Until this one... \u003ci\u003eSqueeze Play\u003c\/i\u003e will have you singing a rousing chorus of 'Take Me Out to the Locker Room.'\" -\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Leavy's hilarious debut is a strong early candidate for MVP of the…sports-novel season….As raunchy as stories by Dan Jenkins and Peter Gent, as authentic as exposes by Jim Bouton and Jim Brosnan, this tale … will delight.\" -\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Does baseball mythology proud... The overall effect is that of a surreal parody, with a baseball team and newsroom that Mel Brooks might have assembled, where nobody and no activity is life-size, and where sex is a metaphor for baseball: You gotta play hurt.\" -\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47095381688560,"sku":"9780786132188","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780786132188_p0.jpg?v=1763664480","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780786132188","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}