Lefty

Johnny Shaw, a fabulous left-handed high school pitcherfrom Hell's Kitchen after winning the catholic high schoolchampionship, is signed by his home town New York Yankees. Called to spring training the following year a foolish comment to Yankees owner Colonel Rupert returns him to the minors. Late in the following season he is called up by the Yankees and irreparably hurts his arm in a game against the Indians in Cleveland. After trying to make a come-back he is released by the team only to return to the mean streets of his old neighborhood at the height of the Great Depression. There he is stung in a poker game by none other than the notorious Dutch Schultz. Owning "e;the Dutchman"e; more money than he could ever repay he lures three current Yankee pitchers into another sting, and through these three "e;Dutch"e; tries to fix the 1932 championship just the way Arnold Rothstein and Abe Attel did fix the 1919 Black Sox Series. "e;The voice is colorful, entertaining. The description of baseball is really fun. Well written, and ultimately moving."e;Sharon Dennis Wyeth, author of BLACK EYE, published by Finishing Line Press