My name is Julio Ramirez Jr. and baseball is my whole life.
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Since he was ten, Julio has lived in the shadow of his famous father.┬а Not just because Julio Senior is a pitcher for the Miami Marlins, but because he fled Cuba to play professional baseball, leaving his Julio and his mother and sister branded as the family of a traitor.┬а
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Now sixteen, Julio dreams of playing for CubaтАЩs national teamтАФuntil he finds out his father's defection may destroy his chances.┬а When heтАЩs given the opportunity to flee Cuba, he has to make the toughest choice of his life.┬а Can he abandon his family, just like his Papi did?┬а Will freedom be worth the perilous journey and risking prison if heтАЩs caught?┬а Will his Papi be waiting for him on the other shoreтАФor, with the Marlins in the World Series against the Yankees, has Julio Senior forgotten about his son?┬а
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Set against the backdrop of the Series on which everything depends, Game Seven is a suspenseful story of loyalty, survival, and baseball.