One Season: A Baseball Tale

Only in the world of major league baseball could an ordinary man like John Meek find himself with the extraordinary opportunity to fulfill his childhood dreams. At 45 years old, a serious car accident left him with a freakishly deformed right arm . . . and an unexpected ability to throw pitches that no one had ever seen before. Unable to resist a spring amateur-day tryout for the Baltimore Orioles, Meek appears on the mound in Florida and puts away seasoned pros, one after the other. From that point on, Meek's middle-class existence evaporates into the rarified atmosphere of major league baseball. What follows is a season worthy of baseball's legend-rich history . . . a season of tension, challenges and changes for Meek, his family, teammates, and fans. It's a season that climaxes just the way you hope it will . . . or does it? No true baseball fan will want to miss this One Season. William B. Moran, author of One Season, A Baseball Tale, is a federal administrative law judge. Over the past 17 years, he has presided in cases involving many government agencies. These have included cases brought by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Internal Revenue Service, the Patent and Trademark Office, the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms, the Department of Agriculture, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission, among other agencies. Some of Judge Moran's cases have been noted in The New York Times, USA Today, and The Washington Post. Raised in Arlington, Massachusetts, he has a Juris Doctor degree from Suffolk University, and a Masters of Laws degree from Georgetown Law. Though no gifted baseball player, he is not entirely an academic, having qualified for, and competed in, eight Boston Marathons. The author has had numerous non-fiction writings published. One Season is his second work of fiction, following his debut novel, ALJ.