num_pages: 352
description: An average kid with an above average talent for predicting baseball pitches tries to help his favorite player out of a slump in this entertaining novel from bestselling authors Tim Green and Derek Jeter.Jalen DeLuca loves baseball. Unfortunately his dad cant afford to keep him on the travel team. His dad runs a diner and makes enough to cover the bills but there isnt enough to cover any extras. So Jalen decides to take matters into his own hands and he sneaks into the home of the New York Yankees star second baseman James Yager and steals a couple of balls from his personal batting cage. He knows that if he can sell them hell be able to keep himself on the team.But like the best-laid plansor in this case the worst!Jalens scheme goes wrong when Yager catches him. But Jalen has a secret: his baseball genius. He can analyze and predict almost exactly what a pitcher is going to do with his next pitch. He cant quite explain how he knows he just knows. And after proving to Yager that he really can do this using a televised game and predicting pitch after pitch with perfect accuracy the two agree to a deal. Jalen will help Yager out of his batting slump and Yager wont press charges.However when he begins to suspect that the teams general manager has his own agenda Jalens going to need his friends and his unusual baseball talent to save not only Yagers career but his own good name.
language: English
title: Baseball Genius
publisher: Aladdin