As long as we’re in a book buying mood…

While Hoss' “The New York Game ” is clearly THE must have baseball book of the year, this spring will also see the release of another noteworthy tome that is worthy of attention.

Metamorphassistant – Franz Kafka

A classic reimagining of Brian Cashman’s meteoric rise from intern to chief cause of the destruction of one of sports greatest franchises.

An excerpt:

“As Brian C. awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. He was lying on his hard, as it were armor-plated, back and when he lifted his head a little he could see his dome-like brown belly divided into stiff arched segments on top of which the bed quilt could hardly keep in position and was about to slide off completely. His numerous legs, which were pitifully thin compared to the rest of his bulk, waved helplessly before his eyes.

“Garbage! I must have garbage with which to sustain myself.”

He crawled over to the black housephone sitting atop a small table strewn with advertisements for Rogaine, old Sporting News magazines, and a strangly soiled copy of Boys Life. “Get me Rodon’s agent. I’m ready to make a deal…”

“Finally, an author who can make sense of the last fifteen years of Yankees decision making.”

-                                 -  Publishers Weekly

 “Long and needlessly expensive... and that’s just the chapter on Giancarlo Stanton's contract.”

-                                 -  The New York Book Review of Books

“It is high! It is far! It is gone! This book is no Czech Swing!

-                                  - John Sterling