Review of
Baseball Mystery,
by Charles Coombs
Five out of five stars
Steve Marshall
plays on a youth baseball team and is the batboy for the Redbirds, a major
league team. He is good at both tasks, but in the case of the youth league, he
somehow manages to make enemies of his opposing players. As the batboy, he
excels at the task of satisfying the players superstitions. For example, the
catcher needs to always have a four-leaf clover in his mitt, satisfying this
desire means that Steve has to be creative with a tube of glue.
The situation turns
dangerous when ruthless gamblers come to town and try to alter the course of
events by kidnapping Steve. Fortunately, he discovers that he has more friends
than he thought he had, and both the youth and adult players step up to support
him when he needs it.
This is a quality
book of adolescent sports fiction, despite his skills Steve struggles and has
to face significant adversity before he is able to succeed. While these are not
necessarily difficulties adolescent boys commonly face, his perseverance is a
good lesson for all children of that age.
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