Shine Ball

By Joseph M Boylan

It is April 1919. Jay Pierpont Beaumont has survived the trenches in France during World War I and has returned home to his native Manhattan and Charolette, the love of his life. Shellshocked and weary, the prospect of the loving arms of Charolette has sustained him, and he now looks forward to starting a business and a family on the Upper East Side.

However, before he can begin life anew. Jay's millionaire banker future-father-in-law makes Beaumont an offer he can't refuse: play third base for the banker's minor league baseball team in Lancaster, Pennsylvania for one summer, and Jay's life will be set.

With dreams of a cushy life with his beloved and start-up money for a new business in mind, Jay sets off for Central Pennsylvania. There, the Ivy-League-Educated, Big City Dude must contend with being a stranger in a strange land as he joins a team in the rural area made up of players suffering from substance abuse issues, ingrained with bizarre superstitions, and at odds with one another over differing political and religious beliefs.

Jay must will the team to put their differences behind them and come together to win the Mid-Atlantic League Pennant, but more importantly, win the War of The Roses Game between his Lancaster Barn Raisers and their main rivals The York Barn Stormers.

Shine Ball is a fish out of water story combining humor, sports, love, and the search for answers during an existential crisis.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0B2TW6TZD
• ISBN13: 9798813837210
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.0"