Billy Martin Meets the Pontiff

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'My ten stories link the American scene and baseball. There are stories about the last African-American major league baseball player before Jackie Robinson, a fiendish umpire, the House of David baseball team, the Unibomber and little league baseball, the Women’s All-American Baseball League, Rocky Colavito, Moe Berg and Charlie Finley, the miracle Mets of 1969, Billy Martin and Pope John Paul, and a boy born with the head of a Rooster. Sometimes funny and sometimes just plain strange, BILLYMARTIN MEETS THE PONTIFF will bring a smile to your face.