9 year old Alayna Adams threw out the first pitch before Thursday's Tampa Bay Rays-Boston Red Sox game, only to be surprised that the man in the catcher's mask would be her father who has been deployed in Afghanistan for the past year. Her pitch bounced twice before rolling softly into a glove near home plate, a moment that began a reunion.
Jim Butcher was born in 1971 and is a well known American author. He's known for his contemporary fantasy book series entitled The Dresden Files. He was inspired to write about all things fantasy after being introduced to the Lord of the Rings by his sisters when he was younger. The Dresden Files followed many an attempt to break into the fantasy writing world - all of which were unsuccessful. He has gone on to write many popular series and is still active today.