false 2443440 1 <div>Seventeen-year-old Mickey Tussler is recruited to play for a minor league affiliate of the Boston Braves. Arthur Murphy swears Mickey has the greatest arm he has ever seen, that anybody has ever seen. And it might be true. But Mickey's autism is prohibitive. It keeps him sealed off from a world he scarcely understands. Lost both in the memory of his former life with an abusive father and the challenges of a new world filled with heckling teammates, opponents and fans, there's no way Mickey can succeed. But his inimitable talent -- one of the most gifted arms in the history of baseball -- gives him a chance. Can he survive a real life dream? Or are the harsh realities of life too much for him? This is the powerful underdog story of how a young man with an extraordinary gift comes of age in a harsh and competitive world. <br><br></div> 2450634 29 4 2008 The Legend of Mickey Tussler total:14|5:7|4:2|3:2|2:2|1:1| 14 54 25 9 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 29 06:21:23 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 06:30:12 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 09:01:38 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 19:42:50 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Aug 08 18:45:31 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 18:46:08 -0700 2008
When his car breaks down in during a routine scouting trip, Milwaukee Brewer's coach Arthur Murphy never expected to stumble upon an autistic, seventeen-year-old pitching phoneme. Nor could "Murph" have imagined that introducing young Mickey ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 01 01:02:52 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 31 02:23:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 21 17:28:34 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 17:30:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 05 18:50:11 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 15:31:24 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 02:57:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 18:47:43 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 18:50:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 02 05:40:58 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 10:35:00 -0700 2008 www.franknappi.com ]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 01 17:21:06 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 17:22:45 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Aug 04 19:02:31 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 19:02:38 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 02 06:59:59 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 07:00:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Apr 25 11:14:46 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 11:14:46 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Mar 06 07:56:23 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 07:56:23 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Feb 21 17:55:04 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 17:55:13 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Feb 19 13:42:41 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 13:42:41 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 17:23:28 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 17:23:59 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 08 07:17:39 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 07:17:39 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Wed Sep 09 21:34:36 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 14 02:08:29 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 09 21:34:36 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Sep 01 06:40:25 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 06:40:25 -0700 2008 1 0 false false Thu Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 19:21:41 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 21:19:02 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2443440