It starts off with an abnormally short kid named Matt Baker. Baseball is everything to him
because he doesn’t have to talk much on the field. Matt doesn’t like talking because he stutters.
Matt wants to win the championship of the All-Star league. His team name was the Astros and
he loved the actual Astros because Jose Altuve was short like him and George Springer also
stuttered like Matt. Ben Roberson and his dad stand in the way of the Astros winning the
league. Ben Roberson is Matt’s teammate and he is the cleanup batter. His swing isn’t very
good and he strikeouts a lot. His position in the batting order really affects the entire team
because he’s the “4” hitter. Ben tries to fix his swing by asking for help but his dad thinks Ben
should swing his way which leads to many strikeouts and only a few home runs. Ben’s dad also
thinks baseball isn’t for girls. Matt’s mom is the assistant coach for the team and Ben’s dad
doesn’t want to listen to her. Ben gets grounded after taking lessons about batting with Matt and
his mom and he might miss the playoffs. Matt and his mom visit Ben’s dad and have a talk with
him before the games they are going to play. Read more to find out what happened.
I really liked this book because I play baseball and I know how it feels when teammates are
doing things wrong and it affects the entire team. I also love the game of baseball and I found it
readable because I understood it. I would recommend this book to people who at least kind of
understand baseball/softball.