A freewheeling memoir of baseball, journalism, and New York spanning over 50 years of America's pastime Before he'd covered dozens of World Series; before he'd written about countless hirings, firings, superstars, and scandals, Bill Madden was a cub reporter on one of his first assignments at Yankee Stadium--and manager Ralph Houk had just gone out of his way to spit tobacco juice all over Madden's shoes. "That's Ralph's way with rookie...