One Home Run - Couverture rigide

Voellinger, Art

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1462010687 ISBN 13 : 9781462010684

Editeur : iUniverse, 2011

Synopsis

For Randy Wilson, a junior at St. John's College in northern Indiana, life's challenges include dealing with his parents' tragic deaths. Meanwhile, as the school's star center fielder, his home-run hitting and defensive ability attract the interest of baseball scout Charlie Becker. Recommended by Becker for employment in a sporting goods store and a place on a men's team in southern Illinois, Randy has an opportunity to hone his athletic skills and mature as a person. In Ashville, he not only encounters his boss, and the boss' son and niece, but an array of characters also facing personal conflicts.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Injuries prematurely ended Charlie Becker's big league dreams, but in his new job as a scout for the Cleveland Indians, he looks for the proverbial diamonds in the rough-amateur ballplayers with the talent and the determination to play major league baseball. When he hears about Randy Wilson, a centerfielder described as "another Mickey Mantle", he makes the trek to tiny St. John's College to see him play. Wilson, a junior at St. John's, displays both power and speed during the game against rival Valparaiso College, and he caps off his impressive performance by slugging a massive 400-foot home run. Becker realizes he might have a future star on his hands, and he offers Wilson a summer job and a spot on a men's team located in southern Illinois. Wilson jumps at the opportunity to hone his athletic skills and experience life outside of Crown Point, Indiana. He hops in his 1949 Ford and heads down Route 66 toward an uncertain future in Ashville, Illinois. From colorful teammates to prison-yard baseball to the Georgia Ann Championship, it would be a summer he would never forget.

Biographie de l'auteur

Art Voellinger is a veteran journalist with more than fifty years of experience as a sportswriter, editor, and columnist. He and his wife, Karen, have three daughters, Beth, Sara, and Suzanne, and two sons, Robb and Brad. He and his wife live in Belleville, Illinois.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: iUniverse
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1462010687
• ISBN 13: 9781462010684
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 108
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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