ASIN: B00MBJAZ6M
Publisher: Schlimmer Publishing
Pages: 253
By the time he was five he was a kid with a dream: someday he'd be a baseball player. By the time he graduated from high school he had become a nationally touted hitting machine. A ‘phenom’ they said. There wasn't a pitcher he couldn't hit.This attracted scouts from every team in professional baseball, including the Boston Red Sox, who played less than five miles from where he’d grown up, and who signed him as a teenager. His other significant teenage experience came when he fell in love for the first time. Eventually, Julie Markakis would go from childhood sweetheart to the love of his life, though several of their experiences would be wrought with heartache. Gifted with extraordinary skills, a story book romance, rare physical abilities, and Hollywood handsome looks, it appeared Tony had been blessed by the gods. He was even brought up to the big team after only a year in the minors. ...
