Scooter Chronicles

On Monday I finished reading “The Southpaw” by Mark Harris.

The book is fiction, but it is told via first person and as a memoir. Henry Wiggen is from a small town called Perkinsville, New York. His father had a shot at being a big league pitcher, but decided to take up the family life instead. The story goes back to touch on Henry’s life growing up, then moves to his days of playing semi-pro ball with the local team that he father also pitches for, his signing with the New York Mammoths (the fictional equal to the Yankees), his two years in AA ball (the Queen City Cowboys out in Colorado), and eventually...

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