title: The Case of the Pitcher's Pendant: A Billibub Baddings Mystery
author:  Tee Morris 
description: Chicago, 1930, and following the financial calamity of Black Thursday, Billi is doing everything he can to keep his business afloat. The change in seasons, though, brings him a case that appears to be a true blessing from The Fates. Chicago Cubs Manager Joe McCarthy suspects something fishy with the Baltimore Mariners, a new team in the league, and he's hiring Billi to look into it.What appears to be the dream job - being paid to research and attend baseball games - turns out to be a nightmare as he discovers one of the Nine Talismans of Acryonis somewhere in play at Wrigley.And wouldn't you know it - with two outs and bases loaded, the heavy hitter of the Underworld "Big Al" gets early parole from The Big Dugout and is swinging two in the Batter's Circle.
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  The High School Pitcher
  
  
  [CHAPTER I. THE PRINCIPAL HEARS SOMETHING ABOUT
  
  
  “PENNIES”
  
  [CHAPTER II. DICK TAKES UP HIS
  PEN](The%20High%20School%20Pitcher_split_001.html#filepos40803)
  
  [CHAPTER III. MR. CANTWELL THINKS TWICE—-OR
  OFTENER](The%20High%20School%20Pitcher_split_001.html#filepos52482)
  
  
  [CHAPTER IV. DAVE WARNS TIP
  SCAMMON](The%20High%20School%20Pitcher_split_001.html#filepos75011)
  
  [CHAPTER V. RIPLEY LEARNS THAT THE PIPER MUST BE
  
  
  PAID
  
  [CHAPTER VI. THE CALL TO THE DIAMOND—-FRED
  SCHEMES](The%20High%20School%20Pitcher_split_001.html#filepos95369)
  
  
  [CHAPTER VII. DAVE TALKS WITH ONE
  HAND](The%20High%20School%20Pitcher_split_001.html#filepos114281)
  
  [CHAPTER VIII. HUH? WOOLLY CROCHETED
  SLIPPERS](The%20High%20School%20Pitcher_split_001.html#filepos128535)
  
  [CHAPTER IX. FRED PITCHES A BOMBSHELL INTO TRAINING
  
  
  CAMP
  
  [CHAPTER X. DICK &CO. TAKE A TURN AT FEELING
  GLUM](The%20High%20School%20Pitcher_split_001.html#filepos151237)
  
  
  [CHAPTER XI. THE THIRD P