Trouble Ball

by Martín Espada

Book Overview

EXCERPT: On my father's island, there were hurricanes and tuberculosis, dissidents in jail and baseball. The loudspeakers boomed: Satchel Paige pitching for the Brujo of Guayama. From the Negro Leagues he brought the gifts of Baltasar the King from a bench on the plaza he told the secrets of a thousand pitches: The Trouble Ball The Triple Curve, The Bat Dodger, The Midnight Creeper, The Slow Gin Fizz The Thoughtful Stuff. Pancho Coimbre hit rainmakers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393343561
• ISBN13: 9780393343564
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.3"