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Fielder's choice
a novel
By Norman, Rick
- ISBN
- 978-0-87483-172-6
- Publisher
- Little Rock : August House Publishers, 1991.
REVIEWS
Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 1991
Andrew Jackson Fielder is a decent pitcher with a great gooseball. He blows his chances in the majors during a pennant race in 1941 when his chronic inability to make decisions costs the St. Louis Browns the game on a balk. Whe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 1991
YA Jackson Fielder has a heck of an arm. Everyone in Smackover, Arkansas knows it, and so do the St. Louis Browns. Drafted right out of high school, he tears up the league with his signature pitch, the unhittable gooseball. He's a 19-year-old sensation headed for greatness--until, in the 1941 championship game against the hated Yankees, he walks home the deciding run. Fielder tries to esca...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
