Easy Out

by Steven Sandor

Overview

"...the in-depth game play will attract sports fans." — School Library Journal

Westlock is an hour north of Edmonton, a prairie town with a long baseball history. But registrations are down, and there are only enough kids in town to fill one team. So Mo Montpetit's team is entered into the Baseball Alberta AA league. All the kids registered will be playing rep ball. No tryouts needed.

Mo's dad is a baseball legend in Westlock. And that's Mo's problem. Mo isn't very good. He can't hit a rep-level fastball. And as the season starts, the strikeouts and errors mount. The Westlock team loses game after game. How can these kids, not ready for rep ball, compete in a league well above their heads? And how can Mo step out of his dad's long shadow?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781459414891
Publisher:	James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Publication date:	02/04/2020
Series:	Lorimer Sports Stories Series
Sold by:	De Marque
Format:	eBook
Pages:	120
Lexile:	HL620L (what's this?)
File size:	926 KB
Age Range:	8 - 9 Years

About the Author

STEVEN SANDOR is an award winning magazine editor, author and sports broadcaster. He edits Avenue Magazine in Edmonton. He has written the five Lorimer Sports Stories novels Called Up, Stick Pick, Trolled, Replay, and Playing for Keeps, and the teen novels Crack Coach and Spin Out. He lives in Edmonton, Alberta.

Table of Contents

Prologue The End of Summer 5

1 Look Out, Barrhead 8

2 First Tryout 13

3 Dropping the Ball 19

4 In the Cage 24

5 Pop-Ups and Deep Files 31

6 Overwhelmed 37

7 The Mercy Rule 41

8 The Season Begins 47

9 Sliding into Home 52

10 What's Wrong with Westlock? 57

11 Time to Quit 63

12 The Boys Are Back in Town 67

13 Play of the Season 73

14 Too Much Pressure 76

15 Back to Basics 81

16 Three Outs 85

17 Humbled by Humboldt 90

18 Summit in the Breakfast Room 97

19 Expect No Mercy 101

20 Easy Out 107

Epilogue Screamers and Celebrations 114

Acknowledgements 118

Author's Note 120