A wonderful mix of the nostalgic and the modern, Redmond's compilation covers baseball from the first time she met Willie Mays in 1958 all the way up to the present with wit and chutzpah. Her prose is laced with her unmistakable point of view at every turn no matter how trivial or how important the subject. Full of bracing honesty and a hilariously sarcastic voice, Garlic Fries and Baseball takes advantage of Redmond's greatest attributes-her love of the game and having an opinion about everything-to deliver a wildly entertaining and insightful look at America's pastime.

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