A Drive into the Gap is a true story about fathers and sons, baseball and memory, and the improbable journey of a bat from one of the most iconic moments in the history of the game to the bedroom of a 12-year-old boy.
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![Tony carried it into the living room. He said to Dad, “Where did you get this bat?” My dad told him that Joe Brown had given him the bat as a gift, sometime in the late seventies. “Bill,” Tony said. “This is the bat Roberto used to get his 3,000th hit.”
My father was confused by this. “That’s impossible,” he told Tony. “The day he hit 3,000 I went down to the clubhouse and Roberto himself handed me the bat he used. I sent it to the Hall of Fame.”
“Well,” Tony said. “I have a story to tell you.” —Chapter 11
[Examine the bat up close.]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb0vzbtGPj1rf68myo1_r4_500.jpg)
Tony carried it into the living room. He said to Dad, “Where did you get this bat?” My dad told him that Joe Brown had given him the bat as a gift, sometime in the late seventies. “Bill,” Tony said. “This is the bat Roberto used to get his 3,000th hit.”
My father was confused by this. “That’s impossible,” he told Tony. “The day he hit 3,000 I went down to the clubhouse and Roberto himself handed me the bat he used. I sent it to the Hall of Fame.”
“Well,” Tony said. “I have a story to tell you.” —Chapter 11
[Examine the bat up close.]
“An extraordinary, beautifully written story about baseball and memory.
Simply amazing.”
– Jonathan Eig, New York Times best-selling author of Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of
Lou Gehrig and
Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season.
“Kevin Guilfoile weaves laughter with tears, history with mystery, and the blessings of baseball with the curse of Alzheimer’s.”
– Steve Wulf, Senior Writer, ESPN The Magazine
“A suspenseful mystery involving one of baseball’s greatest heroes, Roberto Clemente, and the relationship between a devoted son and a remarkable father. A spectacular home run.”
– Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune
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“I’m not writing it down to remember it later,
I’m writing it down to remember it now.”
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