"Easy there," came the voice. "If you're fixin' to throw somethin', at least let me get my mitt on." CHIEF SUNRISE, JOHN McGRAW, AND ME is a middle-grade baseball story featuring an all-American kid head-over-heels in love with the game. On the run from his abusive dad, Hank joins forces with an ace Seminole Indian pitcher who's determined to break into the big leagues. Together they go in search of the big time: playing for the New York Giants during their 1919 season. The pair's picaresque adventures take them from Florida to New York, where nineteen-year-old Chief makes a believer of the Giants' famed manager, John McGraw, and Hank gets to experience life as a bat boy.

 

This book was recognised by the Great Stone Face Book Award. It was recognised in the YA category by the Golden Sower Award.

There are 168 pages in this book. This book was published 2004 by Cricket Books, a division of Carus Publishing Co .

Timothy Tocher lives in the Hudson Valley of New York State with his wife, Judy. His stories have appeared in Girls to the Rescue, Books #6 and #7, Newfangled Fairy Tales, Books #1 and #2, and Cricket magazine. His humorous poems have been published in Kids Pick the Funniest Poems and No More Homework! No More Tests!