One character of mine that continues to live on...
From the desk of Dan Price
Billy is back just in time for the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania -- with 2022 marking the 75th anniversary of the tournament. Of course, not every baseball fan in this great country of ours can be in attendance -- so that's were Billy comes in, especially for boys and and girls, 10-and-up, who are ready to hit the ball field elsewhere...and have "a "catch."
Of course, Billy's Victory is a work of fiction -- every word from your's truly, but the kids heading for Williamsport, August 17-28, are real life little leaguers. The players of 2022 will bounce off that television screen and in to the hearts of all baseball fans that tune in for the games.
Billy Ray Reynolds and his showdown with Boomer McPherson and the Green River Rats is still alive in my head and I have often wondered where Billy is now, some 15 years later. I will never forget the day "Billy" was released and a book review landed in the Arizona Daily Star on the exact day I was recovering from quadruple bypass surgery in a room at the University of Arizona Medical Center.
I've come a long way...and I guess Billy has to. Below the original idea on paper. Today,15 years later, Billy celebrates again...
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