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Baseball Brat

Baseball Brat


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It's the summer of 1949, between junior high and senior high, and Sonny Madeski's big thing in life is baseball. Not for love of the game but for love of himself. He's after fame and glory. His batting average as an eighth grader was .753, so he needs a new challenge. His worst enemy, Tommy "the felon" Fallon, is delighted to supply that challenge. He dares Sonny to abandon his current team, the Loyal Angels, and go up to the Cardinals in the high school league. Sonny suspects that Tommy is up to no good, but it's a dare that no glory hound could refuse. How will Sonny react, though, after striking out six times in a row because the pitchers are all 17 and the ball is so fast he can't even see it? He'll give up, of course, and return to the Loyal Angels in shame and humiliation, just as Tommy knew he would.No he won't, not this boy.Instead, he'll reinvent himself as "the brat." That's what everybody will call him, and for good reason. He'll be truly obnoxious, even to his parents, his uncle, his religious advisor, his best friend, his girlfriend, and his teammates. But he'll also be getting on base and scoring, thanks to his foot speed, his bratty antics at the plate, and his capering on the base paths, all of which annoy and befuddle the opposing players. In other words, he'll set aside his dreams of heroism and home runs, and lower himself to "small ball" or "tiny ball," or just "brat ball." Is it possible to attain glory and fame without swinging the bat? Well, if you're Sonny "the brat" Madeski, it just might be.
About the Author: I started life in St. Louis, Missouri, and stayed there from 1936 to 1942; grew up in Lynwood and Compton, California, from 1942 to 1962; then settled in Green Bay, Wisconsin, arriving in Cheese-head Country just in time for the Packers' decade of dominance under Vince Lombardi. My Bachelor's and Master's came from Loyola of Los Angeles (the Lions) and St. Louis U. (the Billikens), and I added a few courses at UCLA (the Bruins). I taught composition and literature at St. Norbert College (the Green Knights, Division Three Hockey Champs many times) till 2006 when I retired to a farmette near Lake Michigan with my wife, Sally. We've been married 53 years and have five children and ten grandkids. She is an accomplished knitter and dyer of yarn and much more productive than I am. Baseball Brat is my only book, so far.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781539771029
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Edition: Brat Trilogy
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1539771024
  • Publisher Date: 27 Apr 2017
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 232
  • Series Title: The Brat Trilogy
  • Weight: 367 gr

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