Eli - The Phenom's Story: A Historical Novel of the 1946 Baseball Season

It's June of 1946, and Bill Veeck has just purchased the Cleveland Indians - a sixth-place team with great pitching, and no hitting. Even though Veeck has two of the most marketable stars in the game - Bob Feller and Lou Boudreau - he realizes he needs something to excite the fans besides fireworks, giveaways, and ladies' days... he needs a hot young hitter with a great story. With no extra money to spend after purchasing the team, Veeck sends his scouts to the hinterlands to find a gem that every other team's scouts have missed. Within hours, Veeck receives a call from his lead scout. The boy wonder has been found. A needle in an Amish Country haystack.19-year-old Eli Weaver can play. But... will he? And... for how long? There are 86 games left in the Indians' season. And that's plenty of time for a phenom - and a legend - to be born.