The Last Baseball Fan Of Jimmie Foxx

By Mr. Jimmy Flynt

Jimmie Foxx was one of the greatest sluggers to ever play the game of baseball. Between 1929 and 1940 Jimmie won four home run titles, two batting titles, three American League Most Valuable Player awards and the Triple Crown. He had a career batting average of .325 and was the second player in history behind Babe Ruth to hit 500 home runs. When most people think about tape measure shots they think of Mickey Mantle. The Mick hit 10 in his career. Jimmie Foxx hit dozens. Home runs didn't just go into the stands, they went completely over double decker roofs traveling over 500 feet in the air. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1951. After Jimmie retired from the game in 1945 he was not prepared for life after baseball. In his later years he had a hard time making ends meet and the press played up his hard luck story in 1957 and then later quietly erased his name from the printed page. This novel begins in January of 1967 when Jimmie is 59 years old and in the final year of his life. By now he is aged beyond his years and a back injury has caused him to have to walk with a cane. No one outside his family has mentioned his glory days of playing baseball in over a year and now he feels he is a totally forgotten man. He had recently lost his wife, Dorothy due to a choking accident causing Jimmie to become very depressed and to put it bluntly he simply didn't have much left to live for. Then, one day an old fan sends Jimmie a letter asking him if he could have some of his old playing gear to display in the front of his drug store back in Jimmie's home state of Maryland. The letter thrills Jimmie and gives him new hope that maybe he is still remembered by a few fans. Jimmie asks his brother, Sammy to drive him to Maryland to deliver the gear. Sammy say says yes, but only if Jimmie will tell him the story of the game of baseball and Jimmie's illustriousness career. Jimmie agrees and on the trip tells Sammy in the first part of the novel abut the early history of the game. On the trip Jimmie and Sammy meet 'Shoeless Joe' Jackson's nephew and Jimmie tells him about what really happened during the Black Sox scandal in 1919. Then Jimmie explains in great detail a year by year account of his own career to Sammy. Jimmie tells Sammy of his direct associations with the who's who of the game. On the trip many good things happen causing Jimmie to regain his self confidence and realize baseball fans do remember him. The surprise ending will show Jimmie it's never too late and if we think positively the best is yet to come.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481185071
• ISBN13: 9781481185073
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"