JIM BOUTON
Former Yankee pitcher and author of Ball Four.

"Billy Bean's book is candid, generous, and courageous. It adds a new dimension to the world of sports literature. Nice going Billy."

RICHARD GREENBERG
Author of Take Me Out.

"Fluently written and compulsively readable, Going the Other Way is at once a briskly paced account of life in baseball and the fiercely moving chronicle of a divided heart. It's a major contribution to the literature of sport, straight or gay."

BRAD AUSMUS
All-star catcher, Houston Astros.

"Millions of American boys dream of playing Major League Baseball. Just when Billy Bean's dream was coming true, self-realization and tragedy came crashing down on him. Through it all, he had a remarkable will and the mental fortitude to withstand both the nightly pressures of playing in front of 35,000 fans and living a secret 'forbidden' life. In the end, this gut-wreching story is an amazing triumph of character over consequences. Billy Bean is an inspiration."

PETER LEFCOURT
Author of The Dreyfus Affair and Eleven Karens.

"It took a lot of courage for Billy Bean to play baseball in the major leagues--and even more to write about it--with insight and humor."