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"Who were the best ballplayers of all time? It's an endless question, but here's something much more fun: Who was the worst of all time? Who was the lousiest pitcher? The biggest goat? The most despicable owner? The most over-paid bum? Finally, Filip Bondy answers these questions, wielding his own brand of formidable research, advanced sabermetrics and considerable wit to provide this indispensable guide to the less glorious side of our national pastime. Each chapter is filled with rich and colorful stories about the players unfortunate enough to be chosen in each category--like ""Too Fat to Bat"" or ""Anyone Seen My Mitt."" So welcome to the Hall of Shame. It's awesome."

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"""A hilarious Pantheon of dishonor.""--The Wall Street Journal ""A delightful . . . an authoritative romp, humorously spot on, through Bottom Ten lists across the national pastime."" --The Charleston Post and Courier ""Wry, witty, and well-researched, Bondy's book mixes facts with humor and offers an entertaining guide to those famously flawed individuals who have helped to immortalize the game."" –The Plain Dealer ""A diverting read for folks impatient for Opening Day."" --NPR"

A hilarious Pantheon of dishonor. --<i>The Wall Street Journal</i> A delightful . . . an authoritative romp, humorously spot on, through Bottom Ten lists across the national pastime. --<i>The Charleston Post and Courier</i> Wry, witty, and well-researched, Bondy's book mixes facts with humor and offers an entertaining guide to those famously flawed individuals who have helped to immortalize the game. <i>The Plain Dealer</i> A diverting read for folks impatient for Opening Day. --NPR</p>

PRAISE FOR FILIP BONDY'S WHO'S ON WORST? [AN] HILARIOUS PANTHEON OF DISHONOR. -- The Wall Street Journal This Spring, Filip Bondy provides a delightful, quick-read twist on the bests and firsts of baseball culture. Who's on Worst? is an authoritative romp, humorously spot on, through Bottom Ten lists across the national pastime. -- The Charleston Post and Courier Wry, witty, and well-researched, Bondy's book mixes facts with humor and offers an entertaining guide to those famously flawed individuals who have halped to immortalize the game. -- Cleveland Plain Dealer An amusing record of bad, ugly, and knuckle-headed ballplayers. -- World Magazine A diverting read for folks impatient for Opening Day. -- Only A Game, NPR Clearly intended to get conversations started at your favorite sports bar or man cave. On that level, Who's on Worst? connects. -- Journal Interactive Baseball, a sport that often takes itself too seriously, gets a much-needed burst of fresh air in Filip Bondy's witty and meticulously researched gem of a book on the major league players who fit such hilarious categories as Too Fat To Bat and Even Steroids Didn't Help. One of our very best sports writing satirists, Bondy is the perfect choice to identify and catalog baseball's worst. -- Harvey Araton, author of Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry and Baseball's Greatest Gift Filip Bondy, one of the best sports columnists anywhere, humanizes deified athletes like nobody can in Who's on Worst?, a highly entertaining look at those ballplayers who have exposed their flaws at the worst possible times. A must read for fans of baseball and (other people's) misery, as the only significant figure who doesn't choke or screw up in this book is Bondy himself. -- Ian O'Connor, New York Times bestselling author of The Captain The Journey of Derek Jeter New York Daily News sportswriter Bondy offer

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Filip Bondy is a sports columnist for the Daily News, where he has worked since 1993. He has been cited as one of the top ten sports columnists in America by the Associated Press Sports Editors. Over the years, his articles have appeared in such publications as the New York Times, Sports Illustrated, GQ, and the Village Voice. He has also authored or co-authored six books, including Tip Off: How the 1984 NBA Draft Changed Basketball Forever and Chasing the Game: American and the World Cup.

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