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The Universal Baseball Association

by Robert Coover · 1968

J. Henry Waugh is a lonely accountant who finds escape from his dreary life by managing a complex fantasy baseball league, the Universal Baseball Association, using dice and scorecards. When a star rookie pitcher, Damon Rutherford, dies in a freak accident during a game, the boundary between Henry's reality and his fantasy world begins to blur, threatening his sanity and the future of his league. This blackly comic novel explores themes of power, chance, and the nature of obsession.

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