Rookie: A Novel

Rating:
Summary: Intricacies of The Game + Steve Bertles excellent review
Review: A book that has been sitting on my shelf collecting dust that should have been in circulation to friends and lovers of The Game. This is a 'keeper' that intrinsically reveals the difference between the average ballplayer and the few who become students of the game.An entertaining book that will make also the average sandlot coach into a possible Casey Stingle.

Rating:
Summary: Very packed w/baseball action!
Review: Rookie, though jam-packed with plenty of baseball action, has too much stuff about Elgin's mother breaking up with Neil and all that mess. No offense to Jerry, of course, but I don't think that many kids like that much of a mom and dad breaking up. But, it was one incredible book!

PS Will there be a sequel?

Rating:
Summary: Better than Left Behind
Review: This is a novel which shows you what the Left Behind series could be if only the humanity of the characters were more evident. Elgin Woodell is a study in character, perseverance and unconditional love towards a father who does not always deserve it.

This is also a story which made me love baseball again. You can almost smell the grass and feel the whoosh of the ball against the glove. When will they make a movie out of this wonderful testimony to the love of the game?