The Mighty Roman is a baseball book for today, a funny, freewheeling novel about modern American manhood. It’s a modern Mutiny On The Bounty with baseball bats and pranks. Our Captain Bligh is Roman Meister, a blustery, insecure giant who manages an independent-league baseball team near the Calif…
Baseball brawls are usually much ado about nothing. Not so here.
What’s in a nickname? The book’s title, in this case. Hail Caesar!
The middle-aged white manager Roman learns that he just might possibly not be the best handler of young black ballplayers.
The Coyotes meet the Morgan Hill Hackers, a team of nerds who win with brains and treachery.
The San Carlos Coyotes meet the Tulare Trekkers and their graybeard mascot, Pathfinder. “Holla! Walloo!”
The gargantuan manager Roman Meister takes up his massive bat THOR during B.P. and awes his young charges with Roman Power.
Baseball fans, has your team ever had a closer you just couldn't stand? Meet "El León."
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