"Probably no one uses baseball as metaphor better than Kinsella. The stories in this collection range in tone from zaniness to pathos. It's hard to choose a favorite story: maybe the bizarre 'Reports Concerning the Death of the Seattle Albatross Are Somewhat Exaggerated' about a mascot from outer space who really looks like a bird...Highly recommended." (Marylaine Block, writing in Library Journal)

10 fantasy baseball stories:

• Distances • ss Sport Magazine
• Reports Concerning the Death of the Seattle Albatross Are Somewhat Exaggerated • ss The Seattle Review
• The Further Adventures of Slugger McBatt • ss
• Frank Pierce, Iowa • ss Five Stories, William Hoffer: Vancouver, British Columbia
• K Mart • nv Arete
• The Valley of the Schmoon • ss
• Punchlines • ss
• The Eddie Scissons Syndrome • ss
• Diehard • ss Spitball
• Searching for Freddy • ss The Canadian Forum