Sports Fact and Book Rec of the Day 10/24/2007

Capturing the sheer magic of Kirk Gibson's pinch-hit, walkoff homer to win Game 1 of the 1988 World Series for the Dodgers, peerless broadcaster Vin Scully was equal to the moment: In a season that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened."

Birthdays:
Y.A. Tittle b. 1926
Jim Brosnan b. 1929
Ron Gardenhire b. 1957
Arthur Rhodes b. 1969
Corey Dillon b. 1974

Martinis at lunch, cigarettes at the desk, affairs with colleagues. Oh, to be young and working in an office in the 1950s! Rona Jaffe’s story of hopeful girls set in the world of publishing became a bestseller when it was published in 1958. A new interest in it has swelled, and the book is back in print, where it belongs. If you like the book, don’t miss the campy movie based on it, which stars Joan Crawford as Hope Lange’s mean boss.

THE BEST OF EVERYTHING, by Rona Jaffe (1958; Penguin, 2005)