The Big Field

The book I’m doing this review on is The Big Field by Mike Lupica. Lupica has written lots of great sports novels. This book is about a 14 year old boy named Hutch whose passion is to play baseball. He was the star of the baseball team until Darryl Williams, better known as; D-Will came along and took his position at shortstop. Hutch and his best friend Cody spend their entire summer trying to make the best of the situation and win a championship.

Hutch’s father was a professional baseball player but a career-ending injury caused him to be watching games on TV rather than being a part of them. Hutch’s dream is to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a big-leaguer. But right now that’s too far into the future for him to worry about. Hutch’s goal is to lead his team to Roger Dean Stadium and win a national championship. But that goal is crushed when D-Will comes along and takes away his captain roll on the team. Darryl Williams the biggest prospect in the state just comes out of nowhere and takes every goal Hutch had and ruined it. Hutch absolutely hates Darryl, after a long day of baseball Hutch and Cody decide to go to the field and play some more baseball. That’s when he saw his own dad giving fielding advice to Darryl. In that very moment Hutch’s desire was to do everything in his control to take his team to the championship and win.

This book is full of great moments. I would recommend this book to anyone, even if you aren’t a big sports fan. This young boy overcame his difficulties and everything he could to do his best. This book inspired me and I’m sure it’ll do the same for you.

Book Review by Jacob S.