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While browsing The Atlantic's website, I came across an article by Robert
Atwan published in 1987 entitled "Great Moments in Literary Baseball."   It
is an  amusing little sketch,  which imagines what would've happened if
famous 20th Century writers had played The American Game.  Our man makes a
featured appearance:


"In 1965 Twins player-manager Vladimir Nabokov obtained league permission to
play a game in reverse, beginning with the ninth inning. Nabokov admitted
that except for using his ace relief pitcher in a starting role, the game
progressed no differently from any conventional game. It ended, however, in
a tie that was never resolved, because the team managers failed to agree on
how to number the extra innings. Nabokov's proposal that they employ
negative innings was dismissed as frivolous."

"Twins player-manager" is a nice touch.  Here's the address.
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/87may/atwan.htm