Courtland's Spirits by Donald Lehmann	FAQ What's it about?	"The finest baseball version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol ever written"
It's about a rich greedy owner!	... and his whining millionaire star pitcher!	And how he trades his superstar for a Fenway Park peanut vendor named Renee!
Along the way he visits Baseball Past!	...where kids play ball all day long Without their mothers watching them!	They play by their own rules! They argue and cuss and spit! And then they argue some more!
And then he visits Baseball Present!	...the kids wear uniforms! and play by the official rules! and their Moms get to watch them!	And they run laps if they lose!
He also has a big league team to run! But they don't draw enough fans!	He acquires Bernie "Trust Me" Weible! ...a sore-armed Cincinnati reject!	His bullpen relies on psychics! How is he going to win the pennant??
He gets HELP from his Spirits!!	Baseball Past, Baseball Present and Baseball Future!	And they get him turned around!
He gets reconciled with his son!!	He makes baseball fun again!	And his team wins the World Series!
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