Sam Pennington is a former major leaguer who, at age seventy-two, retains the body of a forty-year-old. Sadly, SamÕs mind has not kept pace with his body. As his memory begins to slip, his fate rests in the hands of his son, Jim, and JimÕs wife Lois. Sam and Jim have had their disagreements over the years, most notably due to GSG.
Jim jokingly refers to the ÒGeneration Skipping GeneÓ: a syndrome limiting his ability to play the sport his father loved. Jim was just never good enough to make it as a major league baseball player, but now, his son, Josh, has begun a promising career with Oakland AÕs. With time running down, Sam and Jim need to patch up their differences and hopefully spend SamÕs golden years watching Josh become a star outfielder.
This book speaks to the struggle of caring for an aging parent with compassion and dignity while embracing the beauty of sports and family. Jim and Sam come to realize, through the generational magic of baseball, itÕs really how you play the game that counts.