Jim Ritter

Strike: A Baseball Novel of a Different Kind Jim Ritter

When two young boys of the same age die from consecutive home runs hit by the same batter, at the same ballpark, a mother dressed in white shows up for the next game, a Bible in one hand and her small son in the other. Strike is a baseball novel of a different kind, focusing on the tragic anomaly of two young boys killed by the same batter's home runs, a mother with her own notion of fulfilling her calling to God and a cast of characters who all in their own ways and life stories seem mysteriously intertwined in everything happening, all leading up to the biggest game ever played in baseball - the entire world watching to see if God will heed the woman's call and reveal himself.