Going, Going, Gone!

Steve Hermanos

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Best Books of 2022 --Kirkus Reviews

"(A) rousing sports time-travel epic." --Booklife by Publishers Weekly
"Riveting...lyrical...Readers will stick with this riotous page-turner to the last out."--Kirkus (starred review)

An earthquake decimates San Francisco's baseball stadium. Two players and their manager are trapped. With water rising, the trio crawls through a gash in the wall. Naked and penniless, they climb through the muck onto shore. Downtown San Francisco is on fire. They can not find their stadium, or any new buildings, or the parking lot with their fancy cars. No one has a cell phone to call for help.

André Velez, the self-absorbed superstar; Johnny Blent, the faithful-to-his-wife rookie infielder; and their baseball-is-life manager, Bucky Martin, have been transported through time into the 1906 earthquake. Can they figure out what happened? Or how to get back to their 21st-century lives?

In a world without television cameras, social media, or Sabermetrics, the players make money the only way they know how. But the 1906 they're inhabiting isn't one from our history books. Soon, the three find themselves part of an international baseball challenge against the rump remnant of the Confederacy and its all-star team, featuring Walter Johnson, Martín Dihigo, Ty Cobb, and Ty's murderous, menacing baseball brothers.

Book Details

Publisher: Inkshares
Publish Date: Mar 8th, 2022
Pages: 528
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 8.20in - 5.50in - 1.50in - 1.15lb
EAN: 9781950301232
Categories: • Sports• Fantasy - Contemporary• Science Fiction - Time Travel

About the Author

Hermanos, Steve: - Former sports bar owner, sports columnist, comedy writer/produce/performer, and fact checker at Vanity Fair magazine, Steve Hermanos has been profiled by The New York Times, and been a frequent guest on sports radio. He authored three highly-praised books of baseball poetry, collected in O, Gigantic Victory Trilogy! A winning, kind, and funny Little League coach, Steve and his family live in northern California. Going, Going, Gone! is his first baseball novel.

Praise for this book

"100 Best Indie Books of 2022" -- Kirkus Reviews

"Amazing...absolutely fascinating...so much fun!" --Eric Schubring, WOJB - FM, Wisconsin Public Radio

"Something special...a baseball novel you will love and enjoy. I know I did." --Rob Hakala, WATD - FM, Cape Cod, Mass.

"An oasis in the desert." --Paul McCaffrey, The Paulie Mac Podcast

"Interesting and fun." --Warren Lawrence, WKNY - FM, Kingston, New York

"Do you ever wish you could live in somebody else's mind? I'd like to live in Steve Hermanos' mind for a day." --Tony Rhein, The Paulie Mac Podcast

"A great novel...you start reading it and you don't put it down." --Marty Lurie, KNBR sports radio, San Francisco

"A rollicking rollercoaster ride through the essence of what makes America worthwhile."--David Henry Sterry, author of Satchel Sez

"A fascinating journey through time, filled with surprising twists and inside curves."--Hugh Delehanty, author of Eleven Rings

"Funny, imaginative, and thrilling."--Zack Hample, author of Watching Baseball Smarter and The Baseball: Stunts, Scandals, and Secrets Beneath the Stitches

"Fantastical invention...a delight."--Lamar Herrin, author of Fractures and The Rio Loja Ringmaster

"[A story] that baseball fans will love." --Nathan Hague, The Marshall News Messenger

"The history is rich and the pacing quick, with scenes driven by sharp dialogue..." --BookLife Reviews (Editor's Pick)