Volume 6- Issue 5, May 2007
Published by Llumina Press

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Life’s a Ball with Billy the Baseball

Fort Lauderdale, April 2007:  Take Me Out to the Ball Game! is a phrase as home-grown as Mom’s apple pie. Over the course of history, baseball has proven to be the most popular sport of all time. The earliest mention of the game was in a small booklet, published in Great Britain in 1744, while the first fully-professional American team was not formed until 1869. In his book, Life’s a Ball with Billy the Baseball, author Mark Cervasio has cleverly shown the creation of a baseball and then gave it a life of its own.  

Hi, my name is Billy the Baseball. You may have heard people refer to me as Billy Ball. Now that I'm a star, you can come visit. Do you know how I got here? Everyone dreams of doing something that people will remember for a long, long time. And it happened to me. My life as a ball has really been a bouncing time. It's tough being a ball. You're always being thrown, kicked, bounced and hit all over. But, what's the use in complaining?

This is the story of a baseball, and his dream of playing in the major leagues.  It’s also a true story of how baseballs are made.  What they’re made of.  How many stitches are used. How much they weigh and so on—in short, everything a young baseball fan likes to know.

Billy began as a small round cork in a factory far away from where he lives today. Life was just a ball until one very special day.

About the Author:

Mark Cervasio was born in Newark, New Jersey and currently lives in Lower Southampton, Pennsylvania. With a passion for baseball, Mark has been playing, and coaching all ages for over forty-five years.  This book is dedicated to the memory of his son, Nicholas, also known as “The Happy Warrior.”