Buried Values: The Rookies
Reeks: BURIED VALUES
Joshua Adam Weiselberg
- BURIED
- VALUES:
- The
- Rookies
- -
- an
- adventure
- in
- Mafia
- baseball
- unfolds
- when
- almost
- at
- the
- dawn
- of
- the
- Roaring
- Twenties
- -
- with
- nearly
- the
- entire
- globe
- manning
- battle
- stations,
- Taddeo
- Villetti
- makes
- it
- out
- on
- to
- the
- mound
- for
- his
- first
- year
- with
- the
- World
- Series
- bound
- Chicago
- Cubs.
- And
- then
- to
- take
- his
- eye
- off
- the
- ball,
- Arlene
- arrives
- as
- a
- new
- sex-worker
- in
- his
- South
- Side
- crime
- family’s
- bordello.
- She
- is
- secretly
- planted
- there
- to
- deliver
- a
- stunning
- victory
- for
- the
- North
- Side’s
- Irish
- Mob
- and
- carries
- the
- revolver
- of
- her
- distant
- uncle,
- the
- infamous
- lawman
- Bat
- Masterson,
- with
- determined
- intent
- to
- bring
- her
- own
- permanent
- kind
- of
- Irish
- justice
- down
- upon
- the
- Italians
- who
- murdered
- her
- parents.
- But
- life
- has
- a
- way
- of
- throwing
- some
- curve
- balls.
- As
- America’s
- latest
- immigrants
- make
- their
- first
- attempt
- to
- recreate
- Cosa
- Nostra
- in
- the
- United
- States,
- a
- Jewish
- mob
- boss
- attempts
- to
- organize
- both
- the
- Italians
- and
- the
- Irish
- into
- the
- country’s
- largest
- sports
- gambling
- racket
- which
- could
- possibly
- bring
- about
- a
- lasting
- peace,
- but
- is
- instead
- violently
- derailed
- by
- the
- forbidden
- romance
- in
- an
- ill-advised
- affair
- between
- Arlene
- and
- the
- Cubs’
- rookie
- pitcher.
- The
- young
- pair
- are
- fated
- to
- become
- star-crossed
- lovers
- as
- Taddeo
- sacrifices
- all
- to
- save
- Arlene
- from
- her
- life
- of
- slavery
- as
- a
- prostitute,
- with
- his
- jealous
- brothers
- playing
- a
- crippling
- game
- to
- thwart
- him
- at
- every
- turn.
- And
- all
- this
- before
- he
- ever
- suspects
- his
- obsessed-over
- love’s
- true
- lethal
- purpose
- for
- being
- there,
- is
- to
- assassinate
- his
- entire
- family.
- However,
- nothing
- can
- go
- as
- planned,
- when
- entering
- into
- this
- competition
- will
- be
- Arnold
- Rothstein,
- Babe
- Ruth,
- and
- Al
- Capone
- -
- while
- always
- fighting
- to
- stay
- alive,
- will
- be
- everyone’s
- true
- buried
- values.
- And
- then
- the
- signal’s
- given
- for
- the
- next
- player on-deck.
