In the late 1940s, the minor league Milwaukee Brewersare foundering yet again and manager ArthurMurphy is desperate. When he sees seventeen-year oldMickey Tussler throwing apples into a barrel,he knows he has found the next pitching phenom.But not everyone is so hopeful. Mickey's autism—adisorder still not truly understood even today—hasalienated the boy from the world, and he is beratedby other players and fans. Mickey faces immensetrials in the harsh and competitive world of baseballwhile coping with the challenges inherent to hisdisorder. An honest and knowledgeable book aboutovercoming adversity, and the basis for the televisionmovie <em>A Mile in His Shoes</em>, Mickey's powerfulstory shows that with support and determinationanyone can be triumphant, even when the odds arestacked against him.