Synopses & Reviews
Mike Williams tempts fate when he appears on the cover of Sports Illustrated at age twenty-one. He becomes a major league batting champion and a national icon as he travels from innocence to disillusionment. Through the prism of baseball, Seasons End examines the rich, dark themes of young love, fathers and sons, rags-to-riches wealth, and the cult of celebrity in the media age.
Synopsis
'Season's End is a book about the time when baseball was truly America's pastime, the pure game before free agency was a real factor and strikes and lockouts were almost unheard of, before the era of sky rocketing salaries. It is about dreams and hopes, successes and disappointments, when it was every young man's dream to play in the major leagues. Tom Grimes captures the real essence of the game and times.'
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About the Author
Tom Grimes is the author of A Stone of the Heart and City of God. He lives in San Marcos, Texas.