Farm Team is the second novel in a trilogy about Billy Baggs. The first of the three, Striking Out, begins with Billy at thirteen years of age picking up a stray baseball that has landed outside the right-field fence and firing a perfect throw to the catcher. The story follows Billy as he joins the team and deals with the difficulty of farm life, his struggle to deal with the tragic death of his brother, and the strained relationships with the boys on the team who come from a wealthier economic class.

The third novel in the trilogy is Hard Ball.

Billy develops a crush on a pretty classmate, who is both lifelong friend to his wealthy sports rival, King Kenwood, and daughter of the judge who long ago unfairly jailed Billy's father. While suffering the backlash of his father's lingering bitterness, Billy discovers...