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...pound rookie tagged a soaring double off the left-centerfield wall—just two feet short of a home run and above the 385-foot indicator—and later scored on a one-out Lance Salsgiver sacrifice...
Nick Jeffrey's book, "Centerfield" (Floppy Comix; 32 pages; $3.50) reads like a suppressed howl of anguish and guilt, exorcized through a darkly humorous tale of the author's junior high school baseball exploits. Jeffrey depicts himself as a scowling, sullen teenager who never smiles once in the entire book. Though he has a professed hatred of sports, except for professional wrestling, he consistently joins the losing baseball team of his Catholic school. In his final year, two major events converge: the team gets a star player who takes them to the playoffs and Nick's father, who Nick adores...
...Nick Jeffrey asseses his skills in "Centerfield...
...best parts of "Centerfield" get at the emotional complications resulting from this tragic news. Jeffrey's strong cartooning talent creates complex scenes of bitterness wrapped up in humorous caricature. For example, alone in his dark room after hearing the news, Nick fantasizes about getting sympathy hugs from the cute girl with braces against a setting sun, complete with puppy dog at their side. The book culminates in a true-life sports cliche as Nick goes up to bat for the team down by one in the bottom of the ninth with bases loaded and two outs in the championship game...
...leading off the third inning with the Crimson down 9-3, Vance engineered a mini-comeback of his own. The 6’0, 180-pound rookie tagged a soaring double off the left-centerfield wall—just two feet short of a home run and above the 385-foot indicator—and later scored on a one-out Lance Salsgiver sacrifice...