On October 8, 1908, Mordecai Brown clutched a half-dozen notes inside his coat pocket. The message of each was clear: we ll kill you if you pitch and beat the Giants. A black handprint marked each note, the signature of the Italian Mafia.
Mordecai Brown dubbed Three Finger because of a childhood farm injury was the dominant pitcher for the great Chicago Cubs team of the early twentieth century. Brown s handicap enabled him to throw pitches with an unconventional movement that left batters bewildered the curve ball that Ty Cobb once called the most devastating he had ever faced.
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Inspirational and Uplifting Stories for the Entire Family
In the tradition of Mark Twain, Will Rogers, and Norman Rockwell's Saturday Evening Post covers, Nine Lives, Nine Loves tells the story of nine down-to-earth, everyday women, their ups and downs, the good times and the bad, as they yearn for love and peace in their relationships with their fathers. Their search leads them to discover their own caring fathers and develop the bonds of love that were there all along. These are unique, captivating stories with uplifting conclusions that raise our spirits as humans.

Intriguing Stories of an Angel and a Priest creating Miracles
Surely you came to this book store to find inspirational, entertaining reading. Then you have selected the right book for uplifting, captivating events that you may have wondered about, but resisted reaching to pick up a book about miracles. Steffen, an Orthodox priest, and Sophia, his guardian angel, are helping very different people by bringing miracles into their lives. These stories are, however, all fictional, so you don't have to believe in miracles to experience the delight that takes place in this book. Enchantment and...

Full Length, Musical Comedy

Characters: 2 male

In this two-man musical spoof, a pair of aspiring playwrights perform a backers' audition for their new project - a big, splashy musical about printing press inventor Johann Gutenberg. With an unending supply of enthusiasm, Bud and Doug sing all the songs and play all the parts in their crass historical epic, with the hope that one of the producers in attendance will give them a Broadway contract - fulfilling their ill-advised dreams. Gutenberg! The Musical was nominated for the 2007 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical and the 2007...