The Switch Pitcher

What happens when a young baseball player out of necessity learns to pitch both right- and left-handed? This novelette explores his techniques and the challenges that erupt on and off the field when he becomes ambi-disastrous on the mound. Although written with a younger readership in mind baseball fans of all ages find The Switch Pitcher thrilling as they do with the five bonus short stories. Aldo Vidali an 84-year-old collaborator of one of cinemas greatest directors: Federico Fellini wrote a review of the first edition of The Switch Pitcher and urged it be made into a motion picture. Children parents and grandparents would flock to see such a movie he said. Among the bonus features is a short story about a sunflower living in a keyhole garden that literally comes to life. The second short story is a non-fiction account of an encounter with a UFO wherein the subject about thirty years later recounts details of the event while under hypnosis. In the feature entitled ROD & REEL SNAPSHOTS the author recounts unique fishing expeditions. Another non-fiction entry is about growing up with a magical teddy bear named Fleddie Peddie. The fifth short story entitled PERIPHERAL ACCELERATON is about an elderly man who is a perfectionist. He shares his extreme attention to detail with a friend proving for instance the idea that it is extremely intelligent people who become carsick. He also recounts what it is truly like to be a time traveler.