A chance to win
Subtitle: boyhood, baseball, and the struggle for redemption in the inner city
By: Jonathan Schuppe
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780805092875
Subjects: Drug addicts; Drug dealers; GPA. LC; Rehabilitation; Drug traffic
Description: "When Rodney Mason, an ex-con drug dealer from Newark's rough South Ward, was shot and paralyzed, he vowed to turn his life around. A former high-school pitching ace with a 93 mph fastball, Mason decided to form a Little League team to help boys avoid the street life that had claimed his youth and mobility. Predictably, the players struggle--they endure poverty, unstable family lives with few positive male role models, failing schools, and dangerous neighborhoods--but through the fists and tears, lopsided losses, and rare victories, this bunch of misfits becomes a team, and in doing so gives the community something to root for"--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.