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Also by Frank Deford:

Football, August 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
Over Time, May 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
Bliss, Remembered, August 2011
Paperback
Bliss, Remembered, July 2010
Hardcover
A Gift for Ron, November 2009
Hardcover
The Entitled, May 2007
Hardcover
The Old Ball Game, April 2006
Trade Size (reprint)

The Entitled
Frank Deford

Sourcebooks
May 2007
On Sale: May 16, 2007
Featuring: Howie Traveler
352 pages
ISBN: 1402208960
EAN: 9781402208966
Hardcover
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Fiction

Howie Traveler never made it as a player-his one major league hit and .091 batting average attest to that. He was cursed with that worst of professional maladies, the ill fortune of almost.

Now after years of struggling up the coaching ladder, Howie's finally been given his shot: as manager of the Cleveland Indians. But America's pastime has changed. Whether Howie can spot a small flaw in a batter's swing won't matter if he can't manage his superstar outfielder Jay Alcazar, a slugger with enormous talent (and an ego to match).

No crisis on the field fazes Jay and no woman off the field ever rejects him. But one night at the hotel Howie sees something at Jay's door he wishes he hadn't and it leaves Howie with an impossible choice.

From six-time National Sportswriter of the Year and NPR commentator Frank Deford comes a richly detailed, page-turning tale that takes you deep into America's game. From the dugouts to the tabloid scandals, from the lights of the field to the glare of the media, The Entitled is the great novel of baseball's modern era.

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