Bound To Stay Bound

		Hard to grip : a memoir of youth, baseball, and chronic illness  Author: DeAndreis, Emil  Publisher:  Schaffner Press (2017)  Dewey: 796.3570  Classification: Autobiography  Physical Description: xiv, 303 p.,  21 cm  BTSB No: 267644  ISBN: 9781943156146  Ages: 12-18  Grades: 7-12  Subjects:  DeAndreis, Emil, -- 1985-  Baseball players -- United States -- Biography  Rheumatoid arthritis -- Patients -- United States -- Biography  Adjustment (Psychology)
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Summary:
Emil DeAndreis was a promising star-pitcher of his high school team and went on to play for a D1 league in college and was poised to embark on a professional baseball career when he was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis which caused him to abandon his lifelong dream of playing in the major leagues and to rethink his life's path.