This fun-filled compendium of baseball's worst hitters, fielders, and pitchers, extends the genre to relate the most overpaid Yankees, the most overpaid non-Yankees, and other dubious distinctions. Bondy (sports columnist, New York Daily News) additionally pinpoints the oddest players, the poorest teammates, the most ineffective steroid users, the luckiest ballplayers, the weakest father-son pairings, the most inept managers, the once-forgettable players turned expert managers, and the worst owners. He examines miserable fielders such as slugging first sacker Dick Stuart, hard-hitting third baseman Bruce Hobson, the Mets' Marvelous Marv Throneberry, and the Yankees' former Gold Glove-winning but yip-infected second baseman Chuck Knoblauch. Most of the bonehead feats are well known, e.g., Bill Buckner's muffing that easy grounder, Ralph Branca's serving up of the pennant-winning homer to Bobby Thompson, and Steve Bartman's interfering with Moises Alou. VERDICT A thoroughly enjoyable light read for all baseball fans.—RCC