The Play That Won
The championship is within reach, but Ted Bowman learns that winning on the field means nothing if you lose yourself off it. When his team beats rival Prospect Hill, there's brief celebration, but trouble brews. Teammate Hal Saunders faces expulsion over unpaid debts. Captain George Tempest has somehow disappointed him. And as the biggest game of the year approaches, Ted must choose between loyalty and ambition, jealousy and teamwork. This is baseball as it was played a century ago: leather gloves and wooden bats, honor on the line, young men discovering that the game teaches you about far more than winning. Ralph Henry Barbour captures something timeless about boyhood, competition, and the friendships that survive both victory and defeat.
