The Universal Baseball Association, Inc.: J. Henry Waugh, Prop

Middle-aged accountant J. Henry Waugh has invented a table-top baseball game complete with fictional teams and players. As the novel opens, the Universal Baseball Association is in its 56th season and while Waugh had been experiencing some boredom with his invention, the emergence of rookie pitcher Damon Rutherford, son of a former UBA great, has rekindled his interest in the game. But just as Waugh’s enthusiasm is returning, Rutherford is struck down by a freak roll of the dice and with that, Waugh’s real and fantasy worlds are turned upside-down.