One of Americas finest poets joins forces with one of baseballs most outrageous pitchers to paint a revealing portrait of our national game. Donald Halls forceful, yet elegant, prose brings together all the elements of Dock Elliss story into a seamless whole. The two of them, the pitcher and the poet, give us remarkable insight into the customs and culture of this closed clannish world. Docks keen vision, filtered through Halls extraordinary voice, shows us the hardships and problems of the thinking athlete in an unthinking world.