This is one great book with interesting characters and a lot of baseball action. I recently read Moneyball that talked about analyzing player stats to come up with a better team based on facts, not gut feel and here is a book where a main character molds team mates by using facts instead of gut feel. But really, this is Henry's story. He is a small town guy who is a decent player who gets "discovered" by Mike Schwartz, his future team mate at a small college in WI. Mike takes Henry under his wing and works him into a star. Then a tragedy makes Henry doubt his ability and he starts messing up enough to push him from his pedestal. Also enter the college president, his daughter, Henry's room mate, and a cast of other minor characters and players. This is the first book by the author and I'm already looking forward to the next.
Great to pair with Moneyball / Michael Lewis but with the literary feel and great character development, I would also recommend it if you enjoy authors like Pete Dexter or Stephen McCauley
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