SuitabookWild pitch
Ripken, Cal Jr
- Reading
- If reading together, pause when the past event becomes clearer and let your child decide whether to discuss it. You could also talk about what makes a team feel fair when a coach’s child is playing.
- Themes
- Pitching confidence and team pressure: Robbie struggles to find the plate, while teammates whisper that he pitches only because his father is the coach. The story presents Robbie’s pitching difficulty alongside doubts about his place on the team; how the book develops these pressures is not established.
- Worth knowing
- Robbie is described as haunted by a past event, and the team is enduring a difficult, winless season. The event’s nature and the intensity of Robbie’s distress are not specified.