A great book about a kid who's dream has come true. He is finally a batboy for the Detroit Tigers. He also loves playing baseball himself, but nothing is better to him than the MLB. He is the son of a MLB pitcher, who retired, and divorced from his mom. He went to go live in Japan, and be a pitching coach for a team there. He lives an easygoing, and fun life as a player and spectator. This is a decent book, and if you like Mike Lupica or baseball, this is a great book for you. This is a great book for all baseball fans, or any sports fan. Brian's dad left him several years ago leaving nothing but a note saying "I'm not good at anything but baseball, sorry b -dad". The last Brian heard is he was in Japan. Now Brian needs a summer job becuase his mom is always at work. His favorite baseball team is the Detroit Tigers and his mom drives by the ballpark on the way to work. Brian finally got in as a bat boy after two letter to the equipment manager of the Tigers. It was all fun and games and looked to be the best summer of his life. While the Tigers are on a road trip they sign a former Tiger that happens to be Brian's favorite all time player, Hank Bishop. At first he is very hard to get along with and mean to Brian. Brian wouldn't give up on him and one day when Brian was exiting the ballpark after a game his mom came out and talked to Hank, completely changing Hank's view on Brian. When Hank falls into a terrible slump, Brian notices something different about his swing. He mentions it to Hank then shows him some film. There is soon questions of how much longer the Tigers will put up with Hank. He is at 499 career home runs and getting worse daily. Find out if he will ever hit home run number 500.
What do You think about The Batboy (2010)?
I think it is is a great book for basketball players. I had great conflicts and a good setting.
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