{"product_id":"trouble-ball-9780393343564","title":"Trouble Ball","description":"\u003cp\u003eEXCERPT: \u003cem\u003eOn my father's island, there were hurricanes and tuberculosis, dissidents in jail and baseball. The loudspeakers boomed: Satchel Paige pitching for the Brujo of Guayama. From the Negro Leagues he brought the gifts of Baltasar the King from a bench on the plaza he told the secrets of a thousand pitches: The Trouble Ball The Triple Curve, The Bat Dodger, The Midnight Creeper, The Slow Gin Fizz The Thoughtful Stuff. Pancho Coimbre hit rainmakers for the Leones of Ponce Satchel sat the outfielders in the grass to play poker, windmilled three pitche to the plate, and Pancho spun around three times. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEspada, Martín:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMartín Espada\u003c\/strong\u003e has published more than twenty books as a poet, editor, essayist and translator, including \u003cem\u003eVivas to Those Who Have Failed\u003c\/em\u003e and Pulitzer finalist \u003cem\u003eThe Republic of Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e. His many honors include the Ruth Lilly Prize, the Shelley Memorial Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Born in Brooklyn, he now lives in western Massachusetts.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523570700562,"sku":"9780393343564","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_625daf6a-eda9-4db8-818f-42ad623ae880.jpg?v=1731152830","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/trouble-ball-9780393343564","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}