Collins, Jim

Every summer, in ten small towns across Cape Cod, the finest college baseball players in the country gather in hopes of making it to "The Show." The hopes are justifiably high: The Cape Cod Baseball League is the best amateur league in the world, producing one out of every six major league players. Ten years ago, Jim Collins chronicled a season in the life of one team: the Chatham A's, perhaps the most celebrated team in the league. Set against the backdrop of a resort town on the bend of the outer Cape, the story charted the changing fortunes of a handful of players battling slumps and self-doubt in their effort to make the league playoffs and, more importantly, impress the major league scouts.

Jim Collins, a former editor of Yankee magazine, chronicles a season in the life of the Chatham A's, perhaps the most celebrated team in the Cape Cod Baseball League.

Examines the current literary culture that has developed in the last two decades and the influences of Oprah's Book Club, Miramax film adaptations, superstore bookshops, and digital readers.

This book presents a discussion of several UFO sightings including a description of the objects and speculations about their origins.

Discusses the many mysterious, unexplained losses of ships and planes in the area of the Atlantic Ocean between Florida and Bermuda.

Chronicles one season of baseball for the Chatham A's, one of the most celebrated teams in the minor leagues, describing the team's players, coaches, games, and fans.