Six People Struggling With Expectations
One Baseball Game To Find Their Moment
It’s the final game of the season, and All-Star Brett Austen has a chance to secure the first .400 batting average for a season in more than 80 years. However, increasing pressure and his own hubris threaten the apex of his career.
Meanwhile...
  • A sideline reporter wrestles with choosing between career and her mom in crisis.
  • A retiring usher takes in his final game before moving in with his son's family.
  • A lanky 15 year old can't understand his future stepdad while pining for a girl from school.
  • A lemonade vendor agonizes over a big score to settle gambling debts and fulfill his daughter's dreams.
  • An adult daughter navigates uncomfortable family dynamics at home while her father lies in hospice.
Will Their Choices Meet the Moment?
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Six People Struggling With Expectations.
One Baseball Game to Find Their Moment.
It's The Final Game of the Season...
All Star Brett Austen has a chance to secure the first .400 batting average for a season over 80 years. But increasing pressure and his own hubris threaten the apex of his career.
Meanwhile...
  • A sideline reporter wrestles with choosing between career and her mom in crisis.
  • A retiring usher takes in his final game before moving in with his son's family.
  • A lanky 15 year old can't understand his future stepdad while pining for a girl from school.
  • A lemonade vendor agonizes over a big score to settle gambling debts and fulfill his daughter's dreams.
  • An adult daughter navigates uncomfortable family dynamics at home while her father lies in hospice.
Will Their Choices Meet the Moment?
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A kaleidoscopic look at the power and beauty of the sport both on and off the field, Lose Yourself is ample proof that baseball is life. Written with a keen eye for humanity, and wrapped around a story of high stakes, Vince Wetzel's latest novel is a powerful contemplation on choices we make and how we keep score. Baseball fans will gobble this up. - Mark Stevens, author of The Fireballer

While Brett Austen may be the focal point, the All-Star's quest for .400 touches the lives of everyone from sideline reporters and ushers to lemonade hawkers and fans. Wetzel's second novel weaves their stories as the tension builds over nine innings on the final dramatic day of the season. - James Bailey, author of The Greatest Show on Dirt

With Lose Yourself, Vince Wetzel has skillfully crafted six engrossing stories about life, love and baseball. And really, what else is there? - Rich Ehisen, The Open Mic Podcast

Six stories wrapped around one baseball game? Only Wetzel's vivid storytelling can do something like that! Weaving everything (and every character) together beautifully, I could not turn the pages fast enough to find out what was next. Sports knowledge is not required - everyone will love this! - Tobin Walsh, The Good Bad Dad
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