But he's smaller than his teammates, and his pitches just don't pack the power they need to strike out the batters. When T. J. learns about one of baseball's early heroes, Pittsburgh Pirate Rip Sewell, he decides to try Sewell's secret weapon.
Winners Take All .
A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Bowen received his law degree from George Washington University. A lifelong sports fanatic, he is a youth league baseball, basketball, and soccer coach, in addition to being a U.S. Department of Labor lawyer who spends his lunch hours and subway commutes writing. Bowen lives with his wife and two children, both athletes, in Silver Spring, Maryland. Born in Michigan, he attended art school in Detroit and served as a U.S. Air Force illustrator before beginning his career as an award-winning commercial and fine artist. Thorpe and his family live in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he has coached his children's baseball team.