The story of the friendship between the New York Mammoths major-league baseball team's worldly-wise pitcher Henry 'Author' Wiggen and half-wit catcher Bruce Pearson as they cope with Bruce's terminal illness during a baseball season.
October 15, 1939 in Martinsville, Virginia, USA
5 October 1946, New York City, New York, USA
7 January 1920, Naples, Campania, Italy
29 March 1914, New York City, New York, USA
30 June 1944, Los Angeles, California, USA
29 January 1918, Chicago, Illinois, USA
25 May 1941, New York City, New York, USA
5 April 1941, Detroit, Michigan, USA
7 June 1918, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
19 October 1935, Brooklyn, New York, USA
21 January 1934, Abilene, Texas, USA
20 June 1933, New York City, New York, USA
April 8, 1930 in San Juan, Puerto Rico
10 September 1940, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
24 September 1941, Buenos Aires, Argentina
24 January 1937, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
27 February 1937, Fort Riley, Kansas, USA
5 August 1920, Montréal, Québec, Canada
3 February 1938, Los Angeles, California, USA
17 August 1943, New York City, New York, USA
17 March 1910, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
November 30, 1939 in Sarasota, Florida, USA
