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'In men like Traveler and Alcazar we find the beating heart and struggling soul of baseball...'—Jeff MacGregor, Sports Illustrated; author of Sunday MoneyHowie Traveler never made it as a player—his one major league hit and .091 batting average attest to that. He was cursed with that worst of professional maladies, the ill fortune of almost. Now after years of struggling up the coaching ladder, Howie’s finally been given his shot: as manager of the Cleveland Indians. But America’s pastime has changed. Whether Howie can spot a small flaw in a batter’s swing won’t matter if he can’t manage his…
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3 editions- Ebook · English · 2008EntitledSourcebooks, Inc. · 9781402219887
- Paperback · English · 2008Sourcebooks Landmark · 352 pages · 9781402212550
- Hardcover · English · 2007Sourcebooks Landmark · 352 pages · 9781402208966
Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team)Baseball managersFictionLiteratureCleveland Indians (Baseball team)Fiction, sportsBaltimore (md.), fictionBaseball stories