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The Batter's Box: A Novel of Baseball, War, and Love
The Batter's Box: A Novel of Baseball, War, and Love
The Batter's Box: A Novel of Baseball, War, and Love
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The Batter's Box: A Novel of Baseball, War, and Love

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In 1946, a returning World War II veteran is determined to reclaim his place among professional baseball's upper echelon and win back the woman he once fell for. Two months into the new season, at the top of his game, he abandons his team, casting aside his fame and riches and vanishing forever from the public eye. What drives a man to walk away from everything he cherishes, never to be heard from again?


THE BATTER'S BOX follows the path of Will Jamison, a star player with the Washington Senators who enlists in the U.S. Army following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. When the war ends, Jamison returns to Washington, a decorated hero tormented by deep emotional scars. Burdened with a crushing guilt and harrowing memories he cannot escape, Jamison's life is consumed by an explosive temper, sleepless nights, and a gradual descent into alcoholism. Will he continue, alone with his anguish and misery? Or will he level with those around him, including the woman he loves, and seek the professional care he desperately needs, even at the risk of exposing his most closely guarded secrets?

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Release dateMar 12, 2019
ISBN9781944353216
The Batter's Box: A Novel of Baseball, War, and Love
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Andy Kutler

Andy Kutler is the author of two award-winning novels, The Batter's Box and The Other Side of Life. He has written extensively for The Huffington Post and The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Over the course of his twenty-plus-year professional career, he has worked in the United States Senate, the U.S. Secret Service, and the national security community. A Wisconsin native, he lives with his wife and two children in Arlington, Virginia.

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