The Pitcher

Written by William Elliott Hazelgrove

A grieving former star pitcher agrees to coach the determined boy across the street.

252 pages· 65,422 words· Est. 6 hour read· HL650L· AR 4.2 · 9 AR pts

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Bookroo's summary

A broken-down former World Series pitcher is mourning the death of his wife when the underprivileged Mexican American boy who lives across the street asks him to teach him to pitch. As they work together, both learn lessons about dreams lost and found, and about life beyond the game.

From the publisher

“The Pitcher,” is a classic story of baseball, the price of dreams, and the lessons of life. A mythic baseball story about a broken down World Series Pitcher is mourning over the death of his wife and an underprivileged Mexican-American boy who lives across the street and wants to learn to pitch. This is a mainstream contemporary novel about dreams lost and found. In the great tradition of books like, “The Natural.” This is a novel with the mythic themes, readability, and appeal to be a mainstream bestseller.

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