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Six Good Innings

by Mark Kreidler

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A Little League season under the weight of local history

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A Little League season under the weight of local history

Set in Toms River, New Jersey, this baseball chronicle examines a community whose Little League success has become part of its summer identity. Mark Kreidler follows a twelve-year-old All-Star team through a season shaped by the town’s run of World Series appearances and its 1998 championship. The book broadens the frame beyond the players, bringing in coaches, parents, and fans to show how youth competition can carry civic pride, family investment, and considerable expectation. It is a portrait of Little League not simply as a game, but as a public event tied to a town’s memory of winning.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Baseball readers interested in Little League history
  • Sports nonfiction readers interested in community and youth athletics
  • Readers interested in the pressures surrounding competitive youth sports

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Little League baseballCommunity identityYouth sports pressureLocal sports historyParents, coaches, and fans

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Book overview

Summertime in Toms River, New Jersey, means two things: Tourists and Little League champions.

The Toms River dynasty began in the 1990s, when its team made it to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, three times in five years, finally bringing home a historic world championship victory in 1998. But with each passing summer in Toms River comes renewed pressure, as the latest collection of twelve-year-old All-Stars strives to leave its mark on the town's imposing baseball legacy.

In Six Good Innings, acclaimed sportswriter Mark Kreidler deftly illuminates the sometimes tense relationship between the town and the team that carries its hopes and dreams. With empathy, incisive reporting, and intimate access, Kreidler follows the most recent juggernaut through one tumultuous All-Star season, weaving the stories of the coaches, the parents, the fans, and the true "boys of summer" into an unforgettable tableau.

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