So I go to the mailbox today and I've been sent the Ivan R. Dee Spring 2004 catalog. Unlike most catalogs to my house, there's no gadgets in this one. Instead, there on page seven is Saving The Pitcher where I got my first glimpse at the cover. Wow. You're going to like this one.

Also coming out this spring from Ivan are a book on Robert Oppenheimer , the ethics of biotechnology , the failings of the American education system , criticism from a former Poet Laureate , and whew, another baseball book.

No, I'm not intimidated by the titles in here as I finish this thing up. I'm VERY intimidated. People have put a lot of faith in my ability to pull this thing off and I'm working my butt off to make sure I don't let them down. Some people have gotten sneak peeks and of the best compliments, a writer you'd know said "I'd buy it." So, back to finish it off. Deep breaths, Will, deep breaths.