{"product_id":"baseball-stories-for-kids","title":"Baseball Stories For Kids","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan\u003eFor those who grew up loving baseball, it's not just a hobby - it's a passion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs former Major League pitcher Jim Bouton once wrote, \"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and, in the end, it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.\" It's been that way for me since my grandfather hung a wiffle ball from a string on a tree branch in his yard and I'd spend hours whacking it with a plastic bat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese short stories represent my love affair with baseball. A young Little Leaguer learns that facing adversity can sometimes make victory in the end sweeter; a major leaguer nearing the end of his career must deal with his own mortality; a seemingly magical figure captivates the hearts and minds of those in a small town; a youngster's wild plan with his best friend to see his first big league game doesn't quite work out the way he thought it would; and a boy whose family moves to a new community uses baseball to make a surprising new friend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI hope you have as much fun reading these stories as I had in writing them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustration and design credit: Megan Mraz.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914411139263,"sku":"9558ddf2-e3c7-428f-b216-87b78cb31d06","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/3bec466433b34ad2e865920b43e2f8d1.jpg?v=1785057885","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/baseball-stories-for-kids","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}