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Curt Smith, baseball's top radio/TV historian, has masterfully chronicled <br>the fascinating life of Mel Allen, the game's most celebrated Voice. <br>Allen's glory, downfall, and comeback make a remarkable story, and Smith <br>tells it with a great balance of description and scholarship. <br>-- Ernie Harwell, Baseball Hall of Fame<br>Sports Illustrated's Voice, All-Time Dream Team <br> A marvelous narrative, meticulously reported and elegantly written. It <br>captures not just baseball's most legendary voice but also the sport's <br>mythic appeal to generations of fans. A psalm to halcyon days of yore, on <br>and off the diamond. <br>-- Tom DeFrank<br>Washington Bureau Chief, New York Daily News <br> I couldn't put this book down, devouring page after page as Curt Smith <br>unravels the perplexing story of how the career of Mel Allen came to such an <br>abrupt end, only to regain new glory in his later years. No other <br>sportscaster ever had such a tremendous hold on the baseball public, yet <br>worried more about losing his grip. A chilling reminder that being the best <br>may not mean the happiest. Must-read. <br>-- Bob Wolff, Baseball Hall of Fame.<br>America's longest-running TV sportscaster <br> This is the fascinating story, lyrically told by Curt Smith, of the <br>all-time Voice of Baseball. Smith deftly dispels many of the ugly myths <br>that have long haunted the legacy of this titan of broadcasting. I was <br>happily returned to my youth, Ballantine Blasts, and 'How About That!' <br>-- Fay Vincent, author, The Last Commissioner. <br>Major League Baseball Commisioner, 1989-92 <br> 'How About That!' The mystery man who will always be The Voice of the <br>Yankees comes tolife once again. Mel Allen's story is full of baseball <br>and, even better, full of life with all of its heroes and fiends, glory and <br>mystery. In Curt Smith's superb hands, this grand-eloquent artist comes out <br>of the shadows for a long overdue curtain call. <br>-- Juan Williams<br>Senior Correspondent, National Public Radio and FOX TV's All-Stars <p>

Curt Smith, baseball's top radio/TV historian, has masterfully chronicled<br>the fascinating life of Mel Allen, the game's most celebrated Voice.<br>Allen's glory, downfall, and comeback make a remarkable story, and Smith<br>tells it with a great balance of description and scholarship. <br>-- Ernie Harwell, Baseball Hall of Fame<br>Sports Illustrated's Voice, All-Time Dream Team <br> A marvelous narrative, meticulously reported and elegantly written. It<br>captures not just baseball's most legendary voice but also the sport's<br>mythic appeal to generations of fans. A psalm to halcyon days of yore, on<br>and off the diamond. <br>-- Tom DeFrank<br>Washington Bureau Chief, New York Daily News <br> I couldn't put this book down, devouring page after page as Curt Smith<br>unravels the perplexing story of how the career of Mel Allen came to such an<br>abrupt end, only to regain new glory in his later years. No other<br>sportscaster ever had such a tremendous hold on the baseball public, yet<br>worried more about losing his grip. A chilling reminder that being the best<br>may not mean the happiest. Must-read. <br>-- Bob Wolff, Baseball Hall of Fame.<br>America's longest-running TV sportscaster <br> This is the fascinating story, lyrically told by Curt Smith, of the<br>all-time Voice of Baseball. Smith deftly dispels many of the ugly myths<br>that have long haunted the legacy of this titan of broadcasting. I was<br>happily returned to my youth, Ballantine Blasts, and 'How About That!' <br>-- Fay Vincent, author, The Last Commissioner. <br>Major League Baseball Commisioner, 1989-92 <br> 'How About That!' The mystery man who will always be The Voice of the<br>Yankees comes to life once again. Mel Allen's story is full of baseball<br>and, even better, full of life with all of its heroes and fiends, glory and<br>mystery. In Curt Smith's superb hands, this grand-eloquent artist comes out<br>of the shadows for a long overdue curtain call. <br>-- Juan Williams

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Curt Smith is an author, award-winning radio/television commentator, and former presidential speechwriter to George H.W. Bush. He is considered America's leading baseball radio/television historian. Smith's eleven books are Voices of Summer, What Baseball Means To Me, Storied Stadiums, Our House, Windows on the White House, Of Mikes and Men, The Storytellers, A Fine Sense of the Ridiculous, Voices of The Game, Long Time Gone, and America's Dizzy Dean.

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