Reviews for Return of the Home Run Kid

The average rating for Return of the Home Run Kid based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-02-21 00:00:00 Bradley Tabers "Return of the Home Run kid" was the sequel of "The Kid Who Only Hits Homers" which was also a very exciting book. In "Return of the Home Run Kid" by Matt Christopher, Sylvester Coddmyer III, Syl, desperately needs advice to get him out of his slump, but Mr. Baruth, who coached him last season, is nowhere to be found. Then, a creepy and mysterious ex-baseballplayer named Cheeko shows up. Soon after he gets some hitting coaching from Cheeko, Syl is finally back on track hitting homers like he used to before he got in the slump.Even though Cheekos advice did help him with his hitting, Syl knows that his new, aggressive coach Cheeko gives him so bad advice and teaches him attitude that he knows is not acceptable on the field. Sure enough, it's not long before his teammates like Greg and Duke start to see how Syl is changing with Syl's lack of team spirit and unsportsmanlike conduct and even some of the ways coach Stan talks to him. Through out the book, it gives good examples of the game being played in play by play text and throughout it all it teaches good examples of what respect for the game looks like, such as when Syl eventually has to make his own decision on to listen to Cheeko or not and to respect the game and his team or not. But even though it does give you good lessons, it also teaches you how bad effort and attitude can affect your playing. Since I also play baseball, I can definitely relate to a lot of this book, one of those parts being when Syl's teammates realize that Syl is not having as good as attitude and is not having sportsman like conduct like he normally does because I have also had a teammate that had a bad attitude as soon as he did something wrong and it always affected his whole game from then on. I personally liked this book quite a bit especially how I was able to see whether or not Syl took the bad advice and I guess you if you want to figure it out then you'll just have to read the book yourself

Review # 2 was written on 2019-12-12 00:00:00 Jeramie Childress This is a quick read for an adult. It is the story of Syl who met Mr. Baruth last year who helped him with his baseball. He's met somebody new this year who is also trying to help him through a slump but who tends to be a little bit negative towards things. I didn't read the first book so I don't know if the people he meets are real or ghosts of former players. You're left with impressions but nothing definitive.