Mickey reluctantly returns to the field and must once again cope with the violence and hatred around him. Despite Mickey’s proclamation that he will never play baseball again after last season’s violent conclusion, his manager-and now surrogate father-Arthur Murphy cajoles the emotionally fragile, socially awkward boy with autism into giving it another shot. It’s 1949 and eighteen-year-old pitching phenom Mickey Tussler is back with the rejuvenated minor league Brewers in the sequel to The Legend of Mickey Tussler (the basis for the television movie A Mile in His Shoes). Purchase The Legend of Mickey Tussler on Amazon. An honest and knowledgeable book about overcoming adversity, and the basis for the television movie A Mile in His Shoes, Mickey’s powerful story shows that with support and determination anyone can be triumphant, even when the odds are stacked against him. Mickey faces immense trials in the harsh and competitive world of baseball while coping with the challenges inherent to his disorder. Mickey’s autism-a disorder still not truly understood even today-has alienated the boy from the world, and he is berated by other players and fans. When he sees seventeen-year old Mickey Tussler throwing apples into a barrel, he knows he has found the next pitching phenom. In the late 1940s, the minor league Milwaukee Brewers are foundering yet again and manager Arthur Murphy is desperate.
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