Tom Richmond

Bedridden with an excruciating case of psoriasis, novelist Dan Dark escapes into his imagination. There, gunmen and private detectives pursue their own unusual agendas, often casting himself as the titular "warbler" whose pain and anger is focused like a laser on his cheating wife and anyone else who's made his real and imaginary worlds unbearable.

In 1957, baseball is at its peak as America's national pastime. For aging minor league player Roy Dean Bream, the love of the game is all that keeps him coming back game after game, season after season. When 17-year-old rookie player tyrone signs onto the team, Roy sees someone with potential to achieve what he never could. An unlikely friendship develops and the two ballplayers will inspire each other to become more than they thought they could.