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A Pitch for Justice: A Legal Thriller (English Edition) Formato Kindle

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Have you ever watched a professional baseball game where tempers escalated and you feared that retaliation by one side could result in an incident with serious injury?
What would happen if a player were critically injured in such a circumstance? What if the unthinkable happened and the player died? Is it just a tragic part of the game? Or could it actually be a homicide?
What began as a feud between the Phillies and Mets ends in a shocking criminal grand jury investigation focusing on rookie Phillies pitcher Tim Charles who threw the deadly pitch. What unfolds is an unprecedented legal drama that will put the unwritten rules of baseball and the pitcher on trial.
What led to the fatal pitch that could change the very nature of baseball itself? A Pitch For Justice examines when a baseball custom crosses the line and becomes accountable in a criminal courtroom.

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I spent my formative years in Southwest Philadelphia where I played every inner-city baseball game imaginable to youngsters. I fell in love with the game of baseball. I moved to Cherry Hill NJ. and later attended Rutgers College.I followed that up with a masters degree in teaching. I taught high school in Glen Ridge(the alma mater of Tom Cruise) and subsequently Cherry Hill East(alma mater of Orel Hersheiser). I left teaching and went to law school and developed a love for criminal law.I was a prosecuting attorney for 30 years in Camden County N.J.where I handled literally thousands of cases including 25 murder trials.I worked in criminal defense for six years in the firm of Helmer, Conley, and Kasselman in Haddon Heights. Now I am currently semi-retired. I know both sides of the criminal system and respect the roles both play. This is my first novel and it combines my love of baseball and my passion for the criminal legal process. The impetus for the novel was the increasing violence in sports and specifically retaliation in baseball. I began to wonder whether there would ever be an incident so tragic in its consequences that it would lead to a criminal charge. In my book I examine how that process would occur, whether it would be warranted, and whether it would effect the game of baseball. I spend my time in NJ and Sarasota Florida with my wife Robin. We have three daughters, Jaime, Cheri, and Marlyn. I hope you will add my book to your to-read list.

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Freddie

Outstanding Pro Baseball Novel

Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 2 giugno 2017

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Harold Kasselman, has written an outstanding and intriguing novel "A Pitch for Justice: A Legal Thriller" that keeps the pages turning and your mind working overtime, turning over and over your personal feelings about certain controversial but traditional tactics in professional sports. In this case it's the "bean ball" in baseball. The story is about a young, 20 year old pitcher with the Philadelphia Phillies, Tim Charles, who hits a NY Mets batter, Ken Leyton in the head during a game. This action culminated in a several year running feud between the 2 teams resulting in retaliations from both sides. Tradition is it seems, that players take care of their own by "doing unto others before they do you". If you hit my batter on purpose, I'm going to hit yours. The problem is that Ken Leyton died the next day from the "bean ball" thrown by Charles. Fans from both teams were up in arms and the grieving widow wants Charles charged for murder. The clincher is that the coach and teammates were pressuring Charles to retaliate.

Kasselman, the author and a lifelong Phillies fan, has been a criminal prosecutor for 30 years and very capably took me through the court battle and the emotional battle as well. On one hand, Charles, barely out of high school, was looking at a murder charge and maybe life in prison. On the other hand is the young Leyton widow and son who will be without husband and father.

The story had me saying to myself, that the batter knows of the risks when he steps up to the plate. Leyton had recently been involved in a "dirty, cleats high slide" into second base injuring the Phillies shortstop. A melee erupted on the field. When Leyton stepped up to bat, he must have been aware of the risk. Charles feeling the pressure, did not want to hurt anyone.

What would your assessment be? Should this action call for settlement in criminal court or should professional baseball authorities take the responsibility for meting out punishment. This is fiction, but in 1920, it really happened to a Cleveland Indians batter, hit by a NY Yankees pitcher. The batter later died from brain hemorrhaging. In that case, there were no criminal charges.

If you love sports and books about sports, this one is for you.

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Louise B.

All about baseball.

Recensito in Canada il 9 marzo 2016

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Loved this book, learned a lot about baseball, not all good of course.
Well written and entertaining.

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Cubbie

Grand Slam Homerun

Recensito in Germania il 17 giugno 2013

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This is simply a great book, well written, with a great story.

It seems to be the first book ever written by Mr. Kasselman but it is one I could not put down for long.

I love Baseball and his "what if"-idea outlined in this book was absolutely outstanding.

I am not very familiar with the details of the US-legal system, but he explained each step one-by-one, so even a layman like me was able to follow and understand this case.

There was never any doubt what my personal verdict on this issue would be, but nobody could be sure.

It was also nice, that he included a second, more personal story about the DA Jamie, who seemed to be a nice chap burdened with a task nobody had done before.

Fun to read ! And therefore highly recommended !!!

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LSmith

Excellent mix of baseball and legal drama

Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 17 maggio 2013

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Title/Author: "A Pitch for Justice" by Harold Kasselman
Genre: Fiction, sports, baseball, courtroom, murder
Published: 2012
Length: 326 pages

Rating: 4 1/2 of 5 stars - very good

Review:

An intense rivalry between two Major League Baseball teams is boiling over. The action on the field is getting nastier as runners are sliding with their spikes up and pitchers are throwing closer to hitters. When one of these pitches strikes a batter in the head and the batter subsequently dies two days later, which laws should be enforced - the laws of baseball, that would state this is part of the game and it was a tragic accident, or the laws of the state, and this was a criminal act that resulted in the death of a human being?

That question is addressed in this novel that is one part baseball story, one part legal drama, a bit of gang crime and a sprinkling of romance as well. Harold Kasselman combined all of these elements to produce a very interesting and well-researched novel.

The baseball part is well-researched and written. The author shows his knowledge of not only baseball history, but also of the strategy, the dynamics of teams when placed in tough spots, and also the workings of the front office. There are the fictional players on the current Phillies and Mets teams ("current" means 2015, when the story takes place), but they are interwoven well with real baseball personnel. An example is when the current Phillies manager replaced the retired Charlie Manuel.

There is precedence to this, as one player, Ray Chapman, was killed as a result of action on the field in 1920. There is an extensive section describing this event as part of the build-up to charge Phillies pitcher Tim Charles with murder when Ken Leyton of the Mets suffers a brain hemorrhage and subsequently passes away after being hit in the head by a pitch thrown by Charles. The bad feelings and brawls that led to the incident are wonderfully painted by Kasselman. The reader will feel like he or she is on the field, in the dugout and in the clubhouse during these scenes.

The legal parts of the story are written just as well. Kasselman's experience in the courtroom is evident in the excellent writing here. Details of the judicial events are described in a manner that the reader will understand and enjoy. These include a grand jury trial, a surprise switch of prosecutors for the trial and the reasons why, and the interactions that take place in these proceedings. The reader also is a part of the conversations that take place between clients and lawyers.

A lot of the actions on the part of the prosecuter are not pleasing the widow of the deceased player. Theresa Leyton's character is a fascinating person to follow in this book as she gradually becomes more unstable in her quest to secure justice for her husband's death. Equally compelling is the character of Tim Charles, who at 20 is seeing his world crumbling before him.

I will not spoil the story and give away any results, but I can say that both sides of this issue were presented in a balanced way. It was so balanced that I never was leaning one way or the other how the story would end. For a book like this, that was perfect. It was a very good read.

Did I skim?
No

Did I feel connected to the characters?
Yes. The character to whom I was most connected was Tim Charles. His overwhelming sadness when Ken Leyton was taken off the field and his fear during the arraignment and trial was described vividly. All the other characters were portrayed realistically as well. There were only two characters who seemed to be overly dramatic. These were Meyer, the rogue grand jury member who was living a life of crime, and Theresa Leyton, who went from grieving widow to a very angry woman bent on revenge as the book progressed. Even with these two characters, however, I could understand their gradual changes, especially Mrs. Leyton.

Pace of the story:
Excellent - even during the pre-trial and grand jury proceedings, the reader is engrossed in the dialogue and characters.

Positives:
There were many, as described in the review. I enjoyed the three game series between the Phillies and the Mets as not only was the baseball action exciting, I felt like I was in the Phillies clubhouse as they were planning how they were going to even the score with the Mets - and it had nothing to do with how many runs were scored.

Negatives:
Personally, I felt that the romance between the district attorney Jamie and Barbara, a member of the grand jury who had to be excused because she didn't live in the district, was not really necessary. I understand why it was included, and it may appeal to many readers. I just felt it was simply included for a diversion. It was a typical romance that many books include, however, and was tastefully written.

Do I recommend? Yes. Not only will sports fans enjoy this book, readers who like legal stories will be engrossed as well.

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Mike Reuther

Courtroom drama hits home run

Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 26 novembre 2012

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In 1920, Cleveland Indians second baseman Ray Chapman was hit in the head by a ball thrown by New York Yankees pitcher Carl Mays. Chapman died the next day. There was never any lengthy investigation into the incident or even a trial. Chapman remains the only Major League Baseball player ever to be killed by a pitched ball.
Harold Kasselman has written a novel about what could happen if a modern day player were hit and killed by a pitch and how it might play out in a courtroom.
"A Pitch for Justice" raises interesting questions about the game of baseball and a pitcher's need to brush back or throw at hitters as a way of maintaining a competitive edge. Through the ages, it's been an accepted part of the national pastime, but there are ethical and legal questions to consider. The author keeps this story interesting by introducing to us believable characters, some of whom have much at stake.
Jaime Brooks, a big baseball fan, is tasked with prosecuting the young Phillies hurler who threw the fatal pitch. He's not even quite sure he wants the case. After all, this wasn't someone shooting a gun at another person with willful intent to murder. There's the Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Tim Charles, a talented rookie with a 100 mph fastball, who unleashes the pitch that kills New York Mets second baseman Kenny Leyton. There had been bad blood between the Phillies and the Mets, and the unwritten baseball code called for Charles to throw some chin music in retaliation. It's what his manager Buck Sawyer expected. But even if Sawyer had no qualms about his pitchers throwing at hitters, Charles certainly did.
The victim's widow, Theresa Leyton is understandably distraught and angry and wants badly to see the young pitcher pay for what happened. In fact, she'll stop at nothing to see justice done.
Kasselman, a former attorney, certainly knows baseball and the legal world. The reader will see how lawyers from both sides go back and forth on this case. This isn't a book about the corrupt legal world, but rather a realistic story about what often transpires inside and outside the court room. The reader will learn more than a few things about the law. Beyond that, the reader will come away from an enjoyable reading experience. Kasselman has a nice, easy writing style that makes the pages flow.

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