Books
September, 1979
Even if you abhor baseball, you're going to love Paul Hemphill's really fine novel long Gone (Viking), about three months in the road life of a Class D Florida baseball team called the Graceville Oilers. As the players travel from one hick town to another, living in motels and on hamburgers, you get to know them remarkably well. The two top bananas are Stud Cantrell, the aging pitcher--first baseman--manager of the Oilers, and Jamie Weeks, innocent young rookie from Birmingham. Although the two...
