Reginald loves to create beautiful music on his violin. But Papa, manager of the Dukes, the worst team in the Negro National League, needs a bat boy, not a "fiddler," and traveling with the Dukes doesn't leave Reginald much time for practicing. Soon the Dukes' dugout is filled with Beethoven, Mozart, and Bach -- and the bleachers are filled with the sound of the Dukes' bats. Has Reginald's v…
Jimbo's parents decide he has to play the violin. He hates it and so does everyone else. The cat is sick on the carpet, people leave town, trees die. "The violin can stand it no longer. Its elegant neck began to tremble. Its strings began to vibrate." Now, Jimbo made a very different noise, the most beautiful noise in the world. He soon becomes even more famous than the Wiggles, gives concerts …