The Pitcher
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.44 (682 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1940192765 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 241 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A mother who wants to give her son his dream before she dies. So I really wanted to get mom back something, you know, for her five bucks.”A boy with a golden arm but no money for lessons. He’s grinning, because he took mom’s five bucks and figures a sucker is born every minute. These are the elements of The Pitcher. That really got me, because we didn’t have any money after Fernando took off, and he only comes back to beat up mom and steal our money. You will laugh and you will cry as The Pitcher and Ricky prepare for the ultimate try out of life.. A story of a man at the end of his dream and a boy whose dream is to make his high school baseball team. In the tradition of The Natural and The Field of Dreams, this is a mythic story about ho
kspags said Good book!. Really enjoyed the book. Not sure how it would end, Good or bad. Good read for anyone liking baseball, the good and bad.. Amazon Customer said Good Beach Read. The story line was good . Character development was excellent. It's a very fast read but gets bogged down a few times. Good enough to read the sequel thought. "Absolutely Wonderful!!" according to Arthur L. Hellyer. I've read many baseball novels throughout the years from Harold M. Sherman's books written in the 19Absolutely Wonderful!! I've read many baseball novels throughout the years from Harold M. Sherman's books written in the 1930s, the TAB Books of the 1950s, like "The Kid Who Batted 1.000" and the many books of John R. Tunis, up through my adult years with books such as "The Natural," and the Crabbe Evers series and the excellent mysteries of Troy Soos. Many of these, and others, are quite decent, if not, excellent baseball . 0s, the TAB Books of the 1950s, like "The Kid Who Batted 1.000" and the many books of John R. Tunis, up through my adult years with books such as "The Natural," and the Crabbe Evers series and the excellent mysteries of Troy Soos. Many of these, and others, are quite decent, if not, excellent baseball
It’s a set-up you’ve seen before—bitter, fallen hero taking on his demons via a brash upstart—but Hazelgrove negates cliché by powering straight through it and embracing the classic nature of the tale, which manages to be both modern and timeless. From Booklist Ricky Hernandez, 13, can hurl a 75-miles-per-hour fastball. Mostly, though, he guzzles beer while forcing the kid to do puzzling things like throw stones at trees for weeks on end. If only he could get it near the plate. --Daniel Kraus . Soon a relationship begins between the Hernandezes and Langford, who begrudgingly agrees to give Ricky a few pointers. Grades 5-8. Scraping by with a single mother suffering from lupus, Ricky is determined to show up the rich bullies, the kids who mock his Mexican heritage—all of them. You can taste th