Behind the mask
Subtitle: my double life in baseball
By: Dave Pallone with Alan Steinberg.
Contributors: Steinberg, Alan, 1945-
Publisher: Viking
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York, N.Y., U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 331
Subjects: Pallone, Dave; National League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Baseball umpires -- United States -- Biography; Gay men -- United States -- Biography
Description: Dave Pallone, a National League umpire for ten years, attracted major public attention when Pete Rose shoved him in a 1988 Mets-Reds game, igniting one of the most controversial incidents in baseball history. This book is a revealing look at baseball through the eyes of an umpire with two unique perspectives on the national pastime: one, the man in blue, cursed by fans and players alike; and two, the stranger in a strange land -- the gay sensibility in forbidden straight territory.