▁smile ▁of ▁the ▁universal ▁victim , ▁the ▁man ▁who ▁expects ▁very ▁little ▁of ▁his ▁pe ers ▁and ▁knows ▁secret ly ▁that ▁he ’ s ▁going ▁to ▁have ▁to ▁sett le ▁for ▁quite ▁a ▁good ▁deal ▁less .” ▁ ▁Style ▁ ▁Much ▁of ▁the ▁book ' s ▁humor ▁and ▁thus ▁its ▁appeal ▁der ives ▁from ▁the ▁authors ' ▁style , ▁which ▁is ▁integral ▁to ▁the ▁narr ation . ▁ ▁Although ▁there ▁are ▁notable ▁exceptions , ▁for ▁the ▁most ▁part ▁the ▁over t ▁writing ▁style ▁could ▁be ▁character ized ▁as ▁b ree zy , ▁go of y , ▁and ▁irre ver ent , ▁at ▁times ▁to ▁the ▁point ▁of ▁being ▁rid icul ing . ▁ ▁Some what ▁curious ly ▁though , ▁perhaps ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁reader ' s ▁aw aren ess ▁of ▁the ▁authors ' ▁respect ▁for ▁the ▁game ▁and ▁the ▁inher ent ▁difficulty ▁of ▁playing ▁it ▁at ▁the ▁major ▁league ▁level , ▁the ▁ult imate ▁effect ▁is ▁to ▁gl or ify ▁the ▁effort ▁made ▁by ▁the ▁hum d rum ▁player ▁because ▁he ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁game ▁that ▁was ▁a ▁significant ▁part ▁of ▁one ’ s ▁youth . ▁ ▁The ▁following ▁two ▁quotes ▁from ▁the ▁book ▁are ▁representative ▁of ▁the ▁style ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁" Pro files " ▁section : ▁ ▁Quick , ▁name ▁a ▁major ▁league ▁baseball ▁player ▁who ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁San ▁Rem o , ▁Italy , ▁lived ▁in ▁W inds or , ▁Ontario , ▁Canada , ▁and ▁couldn ' t ▁hit . ▁That ' s ▁right -- R eno ▁Ber to ia