The Catcher from Double-A

✍ Scribed by Duane Decker

• Book ID: 104496792
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Year: 1950
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 3 MB
• Series: Blue Sox #4
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

Pete Gibbs was often described as a picture-book ballplayer and he looked the part. He was big, rangy, and rugged, as major-league catchers should be. He could rifle a ball to second base with deadly dispatch. He could pounce on a bunt in front of the plate like a cat on a mouse. But he had not spent much of his baseball life in the major leagues. Twice he had come up from Double-Л and twice he had gone back. This was his third and last chance in the big time. He had always been the kind of player who hurt team morale because he failed to come through in the tight spots. He froze — because he didn’t believe in himself.

This is the story of the fall and rise of Pete Gibbs, catcher. In it are the play-by-play description of tense innings and the even more thrilling portrayal of a man’s victory over himself.