It Happens Every Spring

About the Book

     Shane Murphy is an up and coming minor league baseball player with a lucrative future on the horizon.

      After the tragedy on 9-11-01, he makes a bold decision to leave his sport and enlists in the U.S.Marines.

      While in combat in Iraq, he finds an interesting "rock" in the rubble of war. This "rock" and its mystical properties enable Shane to re-join baseball and go on to become one of the greatest players in modern baseball history.

About the Author

     Ron Conklin was born and raised in the Yorkville section of Manhattan. He served in the U.S.Navy as a Hospital Corpsman. After his service, he became a Police Officer in N.Y.C. serving twenty years. Ron has been married to his wife Hilda since 1965, they have three children and five grandkids. In 2001 they moved to Palm Coast,Florida.