Extra Innings: He was the greatest hitter of all time. Cryonics brought him back to life in 2092. Would he use this second chance to win his first World Series or to become a better man?
He’s baaack! Ninety years after his death Teddy Ballgame retakes  center stage, swinging a bat for the Red Sox, flying jets for the  Marines and swearing up a blue streak. If you like baseball, science  fiction, or a good thriller,Extra Inningsis the book for you. It is Shoeless Joe Hardy meets  Isaac Asimov. No need to wait to see if the science of cryonics will  bring Ted Williams back to life. Bruce Spitzer already has.”—Dick Flavin,Poet Laureate of the Boston Red Sox, featured with Ted Williams in David Halberstam’s best-selling book The Teammates"Over the years, many people have wondered just how much greater Ted Williams would have been if he were not called away to war, or if he had played in another era. Now, thanks to Bruce Spitzer, we know."--Jim Lonborg, Cy Young Award-winning Red Sox pitcher and memberof the 1967 "Dream Team""I knew Ted Williams, Ted Williams was a friend of mine--this isTed Williams."--Bob Lobel, Boston sportscaster who once interviewed Ted Williams,Larry Bird and Bobby Orr together in the same studio"Bruce Spitzer has reverse-engineered the brain of Ted Williams, reanimated a great American, and created a novel with memories intact."--Ray Kurzweil, inventor/author/futurist“Ooh-rah! forExtra Innings, and boy what a  ride. Ted Williams needed no more heroics to add to his service record  flying in WWII and Korea, but Bruce Spitzer gives him a stunning new  mission inExtra Innings. The novel and the author deserve a special salute  for highlighting the leadership of the real man for a new generation,  and brilliantly imagining his return to contribute once more to the  proud tradition of the United States Marine Corps. Semper Fidelis, ‘Caveman.’ ”—Col. Andrew J. LeyUSMCR (ret.), F-4 and A-4 driver, and former CO of VMA 322Six Fenway Park Books Worth Reading:Extra Innings: "Sheer ballsiness."--Matthew Reed Baker, Boston Magazine“Spitzer seamlessly mixes fact with fiction.”—Publishers Weekly"In bookstores, readers get a glimpse of a world in which another icon, Ted Williams, lives again. Bruce E. Spitzer's Extra Innings imagines the Kid revived, in 2092, using cryonics. So, what's Williams up to? Batting against "Botwinder" robots and piloting jets in a war."--Sports Illustrated Magazine