Baseball sensation Bobby Rayburnâ€™s major-league career is booming, and he just signed a multimillion-dollar contract with the Sox. Knife salesman Gil Renardâ€™s job is hanging by a thread

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Baseball sensation Bobby Rayburnâ€™s major-league career is booming, and he just signed a multimillion-dollar contract with the Sox. Knife salesman Gil Renardâ€™s job is hanging by a thread and he just sold his most prized possession to stay afloat. All that keeps Gil going, in the face of divorce, destitution, and desperation, is rooting for the Soxâ€“and the teamâ€™s new savior, Bobby Rayburn. But when his idol sinks into the worst slump of his career, Gil realizes he alone has the power to restore the sluggerâ€™s mojo. At the lowest point he has ever known, Gil finds his mission in lifeâ€“a mission he will carry out no matter what it takes or who gets hurt.

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