Chasing Teddy Ballgame Author:Don Cooper It is the rural South in the 1950s, a simpler time when playing baseball, hanging out with an uncle at the dairy barn, or going fishing with a grandmother are activities that a boy can look forward to. In a novel written in an autobiographical style, Don Cooper's "Chasing Teddy Ballgame" tells how baseball and Boston Red Star star Ted Williams ... more »play a role in the relationship between a boy and his distant father.« less