Author and award-winning journalist Steve Wiegand is a lifelong baseball fan even though his own prowess in the game peaked at age 11, when he hit a real over-the-fence home run. It was the only homer of his career and probably an accident. His new book, The Uncommon Life of Danny O'Connell, explores the life of a player often overlooked in the annals of baseball history due to his status as a "common" baseball card in the collecting world. In actuality, O'Connell's story a tale of the human spirit, embodying dreams, disappointments, and the unnoticed grandeur of an ordinary life.

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