Description

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Seventeen-year-old, African American Teresa Jayne "TJ" Zanotti was born to play baseball. TJ's brother, Bobby, is a San Francisco Giants starting shortstop. Her father, Sal, a retired team trainer, and her mother, Esther, never miss a Giants game. TJ is also the starting shortstop on the Menlo Park Tigers junior varsity baseball team and a shoe-in to make varsity. That is until transfer player Brice Thompson snags the position and she is forced to try out for the school softball team. TJ is an excellent player and Coach Lisa Myers can't help but include her on the roster. Yet when it comes to teamwork, TJ is far from perfect. She locks horns with several players, including team pitcher Amazon Amy. The team's curmudgeonly assistant coach, Marty Alvarez, befriends TJ and her dislike for softball slowly begins to soften. As the season rolls on she discovers that fast pitch softball isn't only about teamwork, it's about friendship as well.

About the Author

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Jim Brown is married and the father of two sons. As a kid, athletics were his life. From sunup to sundown he was playing some sort of sport. He has coached T-Ball, Little League, Youth Football, Youth Basketball, Soccer, and still plays softball. His experiences playing and coaching are an integral part of the story. He has worked with Tim on several writing projects, including the screenplay for Fast Pitch. Tim Martin is the author of The Culverts Of Humboldt County, There's Nothing Funny About Running, Wimps Like Me, and Why Run If No One Is Chasing You? He is a contributing author to The Ultimate Runner's Journal, Paradigm Journal (Volume Three), and seven Chicken Soup for the Soul books. Tim has also completed eight screenplays and is the co-creator of a TV reality show Repo Force, presently in development at Indigo Films. He is a single father who lives in McKinleyville, California with his teenage son, Tyler, and a yappy pooch, Boomer.