The story of a forty-year friendship between two strong-willed, talented men--one a great success as a baseball pitcher, the other an abject failure. I tell him what Hemingway said about writing talent, "It's like a knife blade. If you save it it gets dull and rusty. Better to use it constantly to keep it sharp even if it wears down." Tom tilts his head like dogs do when confused by their master. He says, with a small...