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The reluctant pitcher it takes more than a good arm to make a great pitcher

Wally doesn't want to be a pitcher, but his coach is determined to make him one, and Wally doesn't want to let the coach down.

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  • "Wally doesn't want to be a pitcher, but his coach is determined to make him one, and Wally doesn't want to let the coach down."@en
  • "Walley Morris must decide if he's going to be true to himself and play right field or fulfill his coach's dream of being a pitcher."
  • "Walley Morris must decide if he's going to be true to himself and play right field or fulfill his coach's dream of being a pitcher."@en
  • "Rightfielder Wally Morris doesn't want to take the mound, but Coach Hutter saved his life once, and Wally feels he owes Coach one. Then, one day, Wally meets Cab Lacey, a former ballplayer, whose life story is much like Wally's. Cab teaches Wally that being true to oneself is more important than fulfilling another person's dreams."@en
  • "Although Wally Morris has a strong arm and good aim, he would rather not take the pitcher position his coach wants him to, and it takes a famous player with a similar story to help him be true to himself."@en
  • "Wally loves playing right field until the coach wants to make him into a pitcher, but it takes more than a good arm to be a great pitcher."@en
  • "Outfielder Wally Morris is asked to play pitcher forcing him to choose between pleasing his coach or being true to himself."@en
  • "When the Coach loses his son, an up-and-coming young pitcher, in a tragic accident, he pressures Wally, a good right fielder, to become a pitcher."@en
  • "Baseball - fiction."@en
  • "Wally Morris is a good right fielder, but Coach Hutter is trying to make him a pitcher. Wally is a lefty and has a strong arm and good aim. What he doesn't have is the desire to play the position. But how can he refuse' Coach Hutter once saved his life, and Wally feels he owes him. Then he meets Cab Lacey, a former ballplayer whose life story bears some resemblances to his own. Will Cab help Wally see that being true to oneself is sometimes more important than fulfilling another's dreams'"@en

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Baseball stories"@en
  • "Juvenile works"@en
  • "Juvenile"

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  • "The reluctant pitcher it takes more than a good arm to make a great pitcher"@en
  • "The reluctant pitcher"
  • "The reluctant pitcher"@en
  • "The Reluctant Pitcher"@en
  • "The reluctant pitcher / Matt Christopher ; illustrations by Foster Cadell"

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