It looked like for ever

It looked like for ever

Henry Wiggen, Mark Harris' larger than life pitcher, is on the comeback trail. This is one return that will be welcomed--and not by baseball fans alone. Wiggen is now 39, a fading veteran with a floating fastball, a finicky prostate, and other intimations of mortality. Released from his team after 19 years, he rebels against retirement. <P>What drives Henry to pitch against Fate, to trek to California and on to Japan? He still has a few seasons, a few innings left to play. Hero or buffoon? It's a close call as Harris plays out male menopause on familiar American turf. <P>"If I had a vote, I would put Henry Wiggen up for Cooperstown." (The New York Times)