Getting Blue Author:Peter Gethers "ABOUT WINNING, GROWING UP, REALIZING YOUR DREAMS..." — The best book since The Natural to capture America's favorite pastime and a character so real we are totally caught up in the wins - ans losses - of his life, GETTING BLUE is about one man's quest for perfection and greatness...and what happens when he finds it too soon. — Lusty Alex "Judge" ... more »Justin is destined to make one of the most memorable plays in baseball history. Initiated into baseball, life, and sex, during a 1950's summer in the minor leagues, he hears about the wonder of "getting blue," the magic moment of perfection. Alex finds success, a wild life in California, personal tragedy...and his own perfect moment. But when the glory days end too quickly, Alex becomes a man with another quest - a second chance to do it all again.« less