Curveballs & Changeups
Author | : K.P. Kmitta |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 327 |
Release | : 2015-05-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781491760949 |
ISBN-13 | : 149176094X |
Rating | : 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Robert Campbell, a businessman from St. Louis, heads to Chicago in 1867 and meets William Hulbert, a mysterious man who tells him he plans to build a baseball field. Hulbert claims that baseball in America will be a grand new pastime and a grand new business opportunity. In 2006, Scott Banks is a devoted Cubs fan even though hes moved to St. Louis and is married to his well-meaning, Cardinal-loving wife. Life for Banks is on cruise control until he gets the chance to fulfill a dream of a lifetimebut it comes with a curveball. Suddenly, hes forced to face the gut-wrenching realities that have him swinging and missing lifes off-speed pitches. Modern time is intertwined with a nineteenth-century depiction of the birth of a storied rivalry in Curveballs and Changeups.