From the L.A. Times: It must be a pop-up book By Mike Penner, Times Staff Writer Children's book or autobiography? New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has written a book aimed at youngsters, but with a familiar plot that has had many adults at Yankee Stadium saying very bad words during recent seasons. The book, which hit the stores this week, is titled, "Out of the Ballpark," which is where you generally find A-Rod and the Yankees after the first week of October. The plot involves a young boy named Alex who makes a key error in a playoff game and puts so much pressure on himself his play only worsens. But this is fiction, so little Alex's team reaches the championship game in spite of his poor play and Alex prepares to do better next time by throwing a ball against his bedroom wall 500 times a day. Briefing came across a stray manuscript that may or may not be the book's final draft. In part, it reads: See Alex run. See Alex run to the bank. See Alex run into Tigers. See Alex fall into tank.
And so the 2007 Baseball season begins! Besure and get your mouthpiece custom fitted if you are playing 3rd base. There are a lot of nasty bad bounces ahead.
BDR, they'll need to save a copy and make sure it gets sent to Cooperstown for his induction ceremony..... :wink: