* Baseball from an odd source

January 2, 2009

Let’s get this straight: I can’t stand Howard Stern, I find him a vulgar person. It’s my wife who enjoys him and his minions. So for Hanukka, I gave her a copy of Artie Lange’s new book Too Fat To Fish. I mention this only because he has an extensive section about how he and his dad shared a love for baseball in general and the Yankees in particular. His pop scored tickets to the 1977 World Series, and Lange’s description of the events is funny, nostalgic, and touching. That’s the only part I read (on my wife’s suggestion). Swear.

Just on a chance I Googled the title of the book and baeball and lo and behold, here is that section, excerpted from his interview on NPR’s Fresh Air in November. A warning: the language is a bit coarse in spots. (You can also listen to the interview with Terry Gross, although I don’t know if there are any baseball references therein.)

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