Designated Hitter (short story)

Designated Hitter (short story)

Infobox short story |
name = Designated Hitter
author = Harry Turtledove
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Short story
publication-type = Magazine
published_in = Fantasy and Science Fiction
publisher = Spilogale
pub_date = 1990
media_type = Print Paperback
pages =
preceded_by =
followed_by =

"Designated Hitter" is a short story Harry Turtledove published in the "Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction" in June, 1990. The story won the first Homer Award for short story in 1991.

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