from Tor.com:
Tor.com is thrilled to present “The Star and the Rockets,” by Harry Turtledove. In 1954, Roswell Rockets player Joe Bauman hit 72 home runs, setting a record that would last 47 years. This is true. Whether or not the Roswell alien encounter had anything to do with Joe’s incredible season is, shall we say, a gray area…
Harry Turtledove is the author of more than fifty books and has received numerous awards and distinctions, including the HOMer Award for Short Story in 1990 for “Designated Hitter,” the John Esthen Cook Award for Southern Fiction in 1993 for Guns of the South, and the Hugo Award for Novella in 1994 for Down in the Bottomlands. Publishers Weekly has called him the “Master of Alternate History.”
The illustration is an oil painting by Chris Buzelli. After graduating from Rhode Island School of Design, Chris moved to New York City to begin his career as an illustrator, and his paintings have since appeared in many publications, including Rolling Stone, TIME, Playboy and The New York Times.