The Legend of Cyclone Young

The year is 1876 and Centennial Day celebrations have jammed local railroad traffic leaving the mighty Pittsburgh Alleghenies baseball team stranded in Newcomerstown, Ohio. To stay practiced up, the Alleghenies challenge local village ballplayers to a friendly game. But with word of the game telegraphed far and wide, this will be no ordinary contest.

From up and downriver, horse-drawn wagons arriving at breakneck speed pour 3,000 anxious souls onto Hansen's playing field. From among their ranks, the best players from up- and down-river join forces to become the Valley team – local farmers and woodsmen and store clerks preparing to play the biggest game of their lives.

Below threatening clouds, the game gets underway, and the Valleys are showing no signs of life until – suddenly – the home team ekes out a precarious late-inning lead. But the lead has been purchased at a crippling price. The Valley's great pitcher lies injured in the mud.

While the captains argue, a young phantom steps from the shadows with ball in hand ready to hold the line. Is this a joke? "He is just a boy!"

But it was no joke, and as long as baseball is played in this river valley, no one will ever forget what happened next.

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The Legend of Cyclone Young is the first story in my seven-story collection entitled The Golden Age of Heroes...

The Golden Age of Heroes includes:

- The Legend of Cyclone Young
- Silver Coins
- The Hive
- The Quality Guy
- Harry James
- Twelve Days to Live
- Porcupine Station

The seven stories of The Golden Age of Heroes may be purchased under one cover as a paperback edition and as individual eBooks (also available as a one-click eBook bundle).