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Washed out pitcher Charlie Stoddard is called back to the majors after the Red Sox lose two starting pitchers, but he hopes to turn around his personal life as well--a much more difficult challenge. 100,000 first printing.
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Mike Lupica is the author of thirteen books, including the recent nonfiction Mad as Hell and Summer of '98. His columns for the New York Daily News are syndicated nationwide, and he is a regular on ESPN's The Sports Reporters.
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*Starred Review* The kid at the baseball card show always asks, "Didn't you used to be somebody?" Charlie Stoddard always answers yes, he used to pitch for the Mets, even had a couple of 20-win seasons. That's when the shoulder went. Now, he's 40 years old, drinks too much, sleeps with women who are turned on by a whiff of fame, and longs to get back in the baseball life. After an evening of sexual gymnastics, his back spasms, and his partner sends him to an unorthodox therapist who unknots his back and also breaks loose the scar tissue in his pitching shoulder. Charlie decides to try a little semipro ball and finds some of the magic he had when he used to be somebody. His old catcher, Ted Hartnett, is managing the Red Sox in the midst of a pennant battle with the hated Yankees. When two of the Sox starting pitchers are injured, he gives Stoddard a chance. The result is a fantasy that will remind readers of the Ray Milland film classic, It Happens Every Spring. Lupica, a columnist for the New York Daily News and author of 13 books, captures both the insanity that passes for sport these days and the appeal that baseball still has for the eternal child who lives within every fan. It's also about forgiveness, redemption, and growing up, even at 40. It's also very funny. The best sports fiction so far this year, hands down. Wes Lukowsky
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- PublisherPutnam Adult
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0399149279
- ISBN 13 9780399149276
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages352
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