Literary Slugger Pillows

'He ain't never gonna read this one.'

'Thou shalt not steal...except for bases.'

Introducing...Anagraman.

"International best seller! It's just a squirrel."

"All this pitching and hitting- I'm convinced there's a deeper meaning to it all."

'Fyodor Dostoevsky sends weeks describing Alexy Karamazov's quest for a white whale, and then discards the entire chapter."

"There will be a winning team and a losing team. Are you OK with that?"

"So, what are you reading?"

The Giamatti era

Poetry in motion - Runners quoting poems as they jog.

'I've forgotten the author and title - do you read minds?'

William Makepeace Thackeray.

Baseball Dreams

"I need to buy a faster fastball."

Fat Kid 31- Pet slug runs amok

"Your book stinks—we want to publish it."

'You've got us backward. I'm Vinnie, and my short and subtle brother is Vignette.'

"Looks like he's been salted, Sarge.2

Why there are no Slug Surfing Champs: Premature Dissolving in Salt Water.

Waiting Room For Godot.

'Apart from Charlie here, I don't have any problems with slugs'

'I just read 'Moby Dick'...do you have anymore 'whale hate' literature?'

'Don't worry: It's perfectly normal for you to feel sluggish in the morning...'

"Any truth to the rumor that your book is ghost-written?"

Slipstream

Whodunits

"My book is actually about 12th century Etruscan pottery but I thought it might sell better if I aimed it at the children's market."

"I know I told you to fool him into thinking you've got nothing left, but now you've got me convinced."

"He was murdered with one of the rejection slips he sent."

'No, Billy, their first baseman is messing with your head. You won't go to hell for stealing second.'

'They're halfway through the six-meter dash. At this pace, the winner should break the world record by at least 24 hours!'

'To be or not to be . . . contingent on royal funding.'

"Try not to over-react, Mr. Henderson. It's perfectly normal for a man your age to feel a bit sluggish form time to time!"