One Swing Away
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A teenage boy who grew up on the farm in the heartland of South Dakota, struggling with his family to put food on the table. He grew up loving the game of baseball, playing catch with his dad every day. Could baseball be the only thing that saves him and his family from the dark trenches of the Great Depression?
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