The pitcher
Mother-child relationship
Pitchers (Baseball)
Fiction, sports
Dyslexia
Baseball stories
Mother and child, fiction
Neighbors
Bullies
Alcoholics
Coming of age
Mother and child
Mexican Americans
Dreams
Baseball
High schools
Family life
Friendship
Fiction
Ricky's mom tries to help him practice, but Ricky won't make the high-school team unless his neighbor, a washed-up 1978 World Series pitcher, agrees to coach him. The plot contains profanity and violence.
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