The Man with Two Arms

"Undoubtedly modern America's finest literary tribute to the baseball since Bernard Malamud's novel The Natural" (Chicago Tribune).

Henry Granville, a baseball fanatic and high school teacher, spends hours in the basement with his young son Danny, introducing him to balls of all shapes and sizes. He even turns the basement into an indoor stadium.

Danny quickly distinguishes himself from his peers, most conspicuously by his ability to throw perfectly with either arm—a feat virtually unh...