Dopey Bastid
(a sequel to “8” Center Field in New York, 1951-1957)
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About the Book
DOPEY BASTID is the sequel to “8” Center Field in New York, 1951 – 1957, the historical fiction account of Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle and Duke Snider, as told by three thirteen year old friends in 1957. The ‘best buds’ discuss their baseball idols as they complete a book report in their 8th grade class. Well, the three friends are now at it again twenty years later. One of the three has become a noted sportswriter for the NY Daily News and decides to compose a sports novel. His two amigos offer their help as the recollections of dumb decisions made by players, managers, owners and sportswriters are brought to light. The true accounts of such blunders, predominantly in baseball, football, basketball and boxing will have you scratching your head, as you laugh out loud, perhaps shed a tear, and reflect about the meaning of friendship. Oh yeah, I guarantee that you call at least one individual described herein a “dopey b-------”!