Double Play

Frank Slade Could Consider Himself Successful. At Age Thirty-Seven He Is Married To His High School Sweetheart The Father Of Three Children And A Dutiful Employee At The Stag Brewery In His Hometown Of Ashville Illinois. He Served His Country With Honor In World War Ii. Even So He Does Not Feel Satisfied. Success Has Failed To Fill The Emptiness Within Him. In High School He Was A Baseball Star Known As One Of The Best Players Ever In Ashville. He Carries That Label Into Adulthood Through The 1958 Season Of Amateur Baseball As The Leader Of The Ashville Champs. However No Matter How Many Home Runs He Hits It Isnt Enough; His Baseball Dreams Are Bigger Than The Small-Town Team Can Fulfill. Plagued By Never Having The Opportunity To Play Professional Baseball He Wonders What Elements Of His Game Prevented Him From Being Signed. Now Only Time Will Tell How His Baseball Journey Will End.