Squeeze Play

A fascinating view of a 1989 major league season for the Washington Senators as told uniquely by a woman sports writer. Jane Leavy uses baseball and humor to describe this season of hell saga.......more

Jane Leavy has written several sports related books that I’ve really enjoyed, all best selling non-fiction, about stars such as Mickey Mantle and Sandy Koufax. “Squeeze Play” is the fictional account of a hapless major league team and the locker room antics they engage in. It’s a raunchy story full o......more

Baseball and sex. Oh, did I say sex? Lots of genitalia, naked ballplayers, you name it. If you don't like profanity, this is not for you. However, if you want to follow a female sportswriter covering the Washington Senators and their horrible season in 1989, you'll have a good old time seeing crazy......more

Belatedly finished this one, and glad I did. A good read. So many insights into what sportswriting was like around 1990, and I find that interesting. Also lots of observations about what it was like for women sportswriters in particular at that time, which is also interesting. Sure sounds like it wa......more

This was something of a let down. If you are familiar with Leavy's nonfiction biographies ("The Last Boy," for instance, on Mickey Mantle), you know she is abundantly familiar with the game and more importantly "what baseball is all about." Given her pedigree as a writer, I really was expecting more......more