Title: Bat Boy and His Violin
First published: 1998
Description: Reginald is more interested in practicing his violin than in his father's job managing the worst team in the Negro Leagues, but when Papa makes him the bat boy and his music begins to lead the team to victory, Papa realizes the value of his son's passion.
Subjects: African Americans, Baseball, Fathers and sons, Fiction, Negro leagues, Violin, Negro Leagues, Juvenile fiction, Baseball stories, Father-son relationship, Violins, Children's fiction, Baseball, fiction, African americans, fiction
LC classification: PZ7.C9415 Bat 1998