Bob Allison

JBurlinson, you must not have finished the book. In his final game, the kid, facing a radical defensive shift, swings away and knocks an extra-base hit to the outfield that wins the playoffs. Your perspective might be altered if you knew that the book's target demo was 10-year-old boys.

Let's see here. The kid in the title hits the ball a ton -- way, way out there. But the ball always goes foul. A scout recruits him for a pro team where he proceeds to demoralize every pitcher he faces because he always hits their pitches a ton -- way, way out there, but always foul. Not only does he demoralize them, he also wears out their arms. I only have two questions: (1) If he never gets a hit or a strikeout, he can't hit 1.000 because he never has an official at bat. (2) Why did it show more take two authors to write this book? The only answer I can come up with for question # 2 is that the first author got sick of the story and had to be relieved. show less