Ok, first off, this book blows. This is one of the worst books I have ever read. I think I skipped through 30% of it and only read when Paul's mentor was around cause he was giving the story away. I mean, havent we done the protagonist has a ultra smart professorial type baseball lover before. Why is it if you write a New Yorker they must, absolutely MUST, know baseball. Anyways, and what is up with you people. Yes, its all fictional. Calm down. Put down your pitchforks and torches. If you liked the book, great. If you did not, well, then your smart. Regardless, you were not duped. Its all part of the mystique, and I use that word losely here, of the book. Calm down. It will be ok. Its all fiction. FICTION. Go look up the word and we will meet back here on Friday and discuss what that means.