The Kid Who Only Hit Homers

I found this book to be very interesting, one person was so influential that he changed a boy's life. This boy was going to quit because he was not as good as the other kids and he got discouraged from all their awesome baseball skills. A character named Mr.Brauth who helps him train by practicing d......more

I read “The Kid Who Only Hit Homers” by Matt Christopher. This book was very good. Sylvester Coddmyer III loved baseball, but he was not very good. He wanted to try out for the Hooper Redbirds baseball team, but he doesn’t think that he was good enough to play on the team. He didn’t sign up for the......more

I decided to revisit one of my favorite books as a child by reading Matt Christopher's The Kid Who Only Hit Homers. Christopher wrote more than a hundred novels for children about a variety of sports, but he once said that this one was his favorite. He tells the story of Sylvester Coddmeyer III, a j......more

Probably a good choice for a baseball fan who is a reluctant reader, but it is so dated.......more

good nostalgia read from my childhood!......more