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Rookie of the Year

Despite his physical limitations, 12-year-old Henry Rowengartner grew up dreaming of playing baseball with his father, who was a minor league baseball player. Henry's arm gets broken while attempting to catch a baseball at school, and the tendon in that arm heals too tightly, allowing Henry to throw pitches up to 103 miles per hour. After Henry throws an opponent's home run ball all the way from the outfield bleachers back to the catcher, Larry "Fish" Fisher, the general manager of the struggling Chicago Cubs, spots Henry at nearby Wrigley Field, and it appears that Henry could be the pitcher that team owner Bob Carson has been praying for.

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