The Universal Baseball Association

As owner of every team in the league, Henry is flush with pride in a young rookie who is pitching a perfect game.

When the pitcher completes the miracle game, Henry's life lights up.

But then the rookie is killed by a freak accident, and this"death" affects Henry's life in ways unimaginable.

In a blackly comic novel that takes the reader between the real world and fantasy, Robert Coover delves into the notions of chance and power.