6" x 7.75", 264 page hardcover with dustjacket titled THE MAN WHO ONCE PLAYED CATCH WITH NELLIE FOX by John Manderino/ Academy Chicago Publishers, ISBN # 0-89733-448-5, First Edition (unstated), Copyright1998/ At forty, Hank has decided he's through with baseball—a routine pop-up fell on his head and he got the message. Trouble is, baseball is the one thing that's given any meaning to his life. This is the painfully funny story of a man who decides to get a life, but isn't sure how. It's about fathers and sons, heroes and whiners, the wheel of fortune (and Vanna White), baseball and the decline of Western civilization—and why Nellie Fox always spat in his glove.

The book is complete and in FINE condition with some overall light wear.