The Kid Who Only Hit Homers

The Kid Who Only Hit Homers (1972) is a children's novel about baseball written by Matt Christopher.

It was the first in a series of four novels featuring a young man (Sylvester Coddmeyer III) who is trained to play baseball by supernatural visitations from former Major League players.

Plot

Sylvester Coddmeyer III is having trouble hitting on his little league baseball team and, as a result, is thinking about quitting baseball.

One day, Sylvester meets a mysterious stranger named "George Baruth", who promises to make Sylvester the best player on his team. After meeting Baruth, Sylvester begins hitting home runs in all of his plate appearances (except when he was intentionally walked). When his friend "Snooky" tries to convince him this mysterious man was just a figment of his imagination, Sylvester tries to prove to him the truth.

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