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Dead Ball: A Novel of Murder and Passion (America's Pastime Book 2)

G.P. Hutchinson

4.2/5 ( ratings)

5 stars - "Dead Ball: A Novel of Murder and Passion by GP Hutchinson has it all - baseball, romance, murder, suspense, and history ... if [it] were to be made into a movie, it would skyrocket to the top." --Trudi LoPreto for Readers' Favorite

The year is 1912--the height of a period that would come to be known as baseball's Deadball Era. Trick pitches and grimy, spit-stained, scuffed-up baseballs are the order of the day, as is aggressive base running where cleats are too often employed for more than simple traction.

In a meaningless late-season game between two bottom-of-the-pack National League teams, talented rookie pitcher Hal Gerecke throws a fastball he will regret as long as he lives. Rube Wannamaker, the popular plate-crowding batter Hal is facing, apparently never catches sight of the incoming pitch and winds up on the ground, unresponsive and bleeding profusely. When Hal refuses to finish the game, his nascent Big League career comes to an abrupt end.

Tragic news of the crippling outcome of Hal's pitch breaks quickly, and Hal immediately becomes the target of the vindictive aims of Rube Wannamaker's teammates, friends, and fans. In spite of the threats, it's Hal's concern for the wellbeing of Rube's young wife, not fear, that prompts him to forget baseball and return to the menial job he held before making it as a pro.

But not everyone forgets Hal. When a new league--out to correct the more egregious ills of organized baseball--is established a year later, the new league's management eagerly seeks to sign Hal to play.

With mixed feelings, he signs. When he returns to the diamond, however, he discovers all too soon the lengths to which his unrelenting enemies will go to ruin him or to see him dead.

Format: Kindle Edition

Dead Ball: A Novel of Murder and Passion (America's Pastime Book 2)

G.P. Hutchinson

4.2/5 ( ratings)

5 stars - "Dead Ball: A Novel of Murder and Passion by GP Hutchinson has it all - baseball, romance, murder, suspense, and history ... if [it] were to be made into a movie, it would skyrocket to the top." --Trudi LoPreto for Readers' Favorite

The year is 1912--the height of a period that would come to be known as baseball's Deadball Era. Trick pitches and grimy, spit-stained, scuffed-up baseballs are the order of the day, as is aggressive base running where cleats are too often employed for more than simple traction.

In a meaningless late-season game between two bottom-of-the-pack National League teams, talented rookie pitcher Hal Gerecke throws a fastball he will regret as long as he lives. Rube Wannamaker, the popular plate-crowding batter Hal is facing, apparently never catches sight of the incoming pitch and winds up on the ground, unresponsive and bleeding profusely. When Hal refuses to finish the game, his nascent Big League career comes to an abrupt end.

Tragic news of the crippling outcome of Hal's pitch breaks quickly, and Hal immediately becomes the target of the vindictive aims of Rube Wannamaker's teammates, friends, and fans. In spite of the threats, it's Hal's concern for the wellbeing of Rube's young wife, not fear, that prompts him to forget baseball and return to the menial job he held before making it as a pro.

But not everyone forgets Hal. When a new league--out to correct the more egregious ills of organized baseball--is established a year later, the new league's management eagerly seeks to sign Hal to play.

With mixed feelings, he signs. When he returns to the diamond, however, he discovers all too soon the lengths to which his unrelenting enemies will go to ruin him or to see him dead.

Format: Kindle Edition

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