In 1975, a small college baseball team from rural mid-Missouri achieved the incredible. Sporting a long history of cellar-dwelling hardball squads, the Central Methodist Eagles had finished last the previous year. Plus, they were led by novice coach Steve Phipps, a football defensive coordinator, and his hired hand, DeWayne Mason, a recently released bush-league pitcher. The “Lean, Mean, Green Thirteen” racked up much more than a winning season. Against all odds, the ragtag crew not only advanced to their league tournament championship game but also staged a historic, thirteenth-hour comeback to defeat William Jewell College, a perennial powerhouse.

Sports fans and pundits have yet to identify a more improbable baseball upset. At any level. Period.

In Baseball’s Greatest Miracle, a tribute to Phipps, an inspiring role model and four-sport high school letterman, Mason shares an uplifting story about friendship, redemption, and a misfit team that transformed their high expectations, dedication, and perseverance into an unbelievable achievement. An achievement that instilled lifelong lessons. An achievement that changed lives.