Ballantine, New York, 1999, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 0-345-40891-8.  MMPB, 161 pages.  Light edge and cover wear, bleach spot on front wrap from sticker removal, small scrape at lower spine end; binding tight; pages lightly tanned; appears unread.  ‘Billy Chapel is a baseball legend, a man who has devoted his life to the game he loves and plays so well.  But because of his unsurpassed skill and innocent faith, he has been betrayed.  Now it’s the final game of the season, and Billy’s got one last chance to prove who he is and what he can do, a chance to prove what really matters in this life.  A taut, compelling story of one man’s coming of age…’ (from rear wrap)