World Series
(John R. Tunis)
After the dramatic ending to The Kid from Tomkinsville, you'd have to be brain dead if you weren't dying to pick up World Series to find out the outcome of the season for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Roy Tucker. You can certainly make a case for why this book really ought to be called "The Kid from Tomkinsville, Part Two." Brand new drama is introduced as the Dodgers battle the Cardinals for the series title, and Roy Tucker is at the center of it all.
With so much riding on every game that is played, Roy goes through what seems like a lifetime of highs and lows, triumphs and discouragements, from the first game of the series down to the last out of the last inning of the last game. Having survived two horrific accidents on the field, he finds himself smarting not only from his injuries but from the merciless sportswriter Casey, who writes off his chances of being an asset to the team. Pressures assail Roy from every side: his own self-doubt, a sneering press, the obscene publicity, a huge amount of cash at stake, and Cardinal ace Gene Miller's overpowering fastball. Yet above all, Roy feels the pressure of wanting to contribute his best for the sake of his friend Dave Leonard, manager and catcher of the team, so that Dave would be guaranteed a contract for the next year.
Although Roy is in his second season with the Dodgers he is still very much a wide-eyed rookie, and through his perspective we get to enjoy the antics of his colorful teammates as they writhe in the pressure cooker with him. Razzle Nugent the prankster, Fat Stuff Foster the old-timer, Harry Street the brash shortstop, and of course Dave Leonard, the steady anchor of the whole rowdy bunch, who in the end inspires them all to want to "win this one for Dave."
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