An unlikely friendship slowly develops between a former baseball great in need of a family and the 14-year-old batboy in need of a father, in Lupicas most powerful and kid-friendly work to date. nFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Heat, Travel Team and Million-Dollar Throw. nBrian is living every baseball kids dream: he is a batboy for his hometown Major League team. Brian believes that its the perfect thing to bring him and his big-leaguer dad closer together. And if that werent enough, this is the season that Hank Bishop, Brians baseball hero, returns to the Tigers for the comeback of a lifetime. The summer couldnt get much better Until Hank Bishop starts to show his true colors, and Brian learns that sometimes life throws you a curveball.n