Across the Summer Skies

<p>The year is 1948. Twelve-year-old Robert Christy's father and his Uncle Jack two years younger than his dad had been superb football and baseball stars in high school. When WWII was declared both served in the Marines. Jack had made it home safely. Robert's father hadn't. Jack was now a sportswriter for the Columbus Dispatch which Robert thought was the most exciting job in the world. Although Robert loved the game of baseball nobody in his school wanted a mediocre player on their team so he sat on the bench and imagined calling the games. Sportscasting absolutely fascinated him. With his voice he'd probably be a natural. Uncle Jack presented Robert with a short-wave radio and broadcast quality microphone for his birthday which led to a chance encounter with Smokey the Christy men's old high school coach. The combination might turn Robert's entire life around.   </p>