I have to admit that I am not a baseball fan,customized bobbleheads, I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of games I have attended, and they were all lavish events paid for by some vendor seeking my business. With this background I was not sure how much I would enjoy a baseball oriented novel, I was very pleasantly surprised with Pinch Hitter.
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Our hero is David Robbins a middle aged,My Birdcage,custom bobblehead, middle manager who works for a large retail outlet. As a teen David and his older brothers had been skilled athletes in the world of high school baseball,personalized bobblehead, Alas older brother Danny was seriously hurt during a practice, and his budding career came to a crashing halt. Distraught,custom bobblehead, David vowed to never play the game again. Although he has remained a loyal fan and spends countless hours in the batting cages,customize bobblehead, David has long since vowed never to play again.
It comes as a surprise when David s boss asks him as a favor to play in an amateur league,customized bobbleheads, the team is short a player for a �big game�. Torn between his vow taken almost 30 years earlier and loyalty to his friend and boss,personalized bobble heads, David plays the game. It transpires that one of the opposing teams players father is none other than the Major League Team manager for the San Diego Armada. A team who has started the season strong, but finds itself in severe trouble in the last six weeks of the season, their playoff chances seem to be waning with each game. David has that natural ability to hit,personalized bobbleheads, and although much older than the average player could be exactly what San Diego needs.
Can David shake off the demons of his past,.? Could a 45 year old really become a pinch hitter in the big leagues,custom bobbleheads,Stickers - A Multi-Purpose Advertising Tool?
I really like Dean Whitney�s story telling approach, he has taken a subject that obviously he knows a great deal about and managed to make it appeal to non baseball fans. He takes the time to explain the terminology and strategy of the game making this a story accessible to any reader.
You can pick up your copy of Pinch Hitter from Amazon.
About the author: California native Dean Whitney has been enamored with baseball since he was a kid. The inspiration for this novel came from the millions of men past their prime who live out their professional baseball dreams vicariously through their favorite major leaguers. Dean currently resides in San Diego with his wife,,,Hazed & Confused #7 Interview With Player Uno, Judy.
(Originally published at Blogger News Network,custom bobbleheads, and reprinted with permission of the author, Simon Barrett).
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