Meet Ace Preston: The Man Who Stepped Inside Baseball History
Every compelling story begins with a character searching for purpose. In The Time Traveling Scoreboard, that character is Ace Preston, a retired law enforcement officer and Army Reserve veteran who spent decades serving his country and community. At sixty-two years old, Ace suddenly finds himself facing a challenge many people encounter after retirement: what comes next?
For years, Ace’s life was defined by structure, duty, and responsibility. His days were filled with missions, investigations, and leadership. But when retirement arrives, the quiet becomes unfamiliar. The routines that once gave his life meaning disappear, leaving him searching for a new path forward.
Little does Ace know that his next chapter will lead him somewhere extraordinary, into the very history of baseball itself.
The Moment Everything Changed
Ace’s journey begins with a simple bucket-list goal: visiting one of baseball’s most iconic ballparks, Wrigley Field in Chicago. As a lifelong fan of the sport, the opportunity to walk the field and experience its rich history is something he has dreamed about for years.
During a stadium tour, Ace discovers an unusual artifact tangled in the famous ivy-covered outfield wall, a metal number from the stadium’s historic manual scoreboard. Determined to do the right thing, he climbs inside the scoreboard to return it.
What happens next changes everything.
Inside the scoreboard, Ace meets a mysterious operator named Ron, who invites him to watch the game through a small viewing window. But when Ace looks out, he doesn’t see a modern baseball game. Instead, he finds himself watching a game from 1915, featuring the Chicago Whales of the Federal League.
In that moment, Ace realizes something incredible: the scoreboard is a portal through time.
Stepping Into Baseball’s Greatest Moments
From that first discovery, Ace Preston becomes more than just a spectator. With each window he opens inside the scoreboard, he finds himself transported into different moments in baseball history.
But Ace doesn’t simply watch history unfold, he becomes part of it.
In one adventure, he finds himself in early twentieth-century Chicago, where he meets a young businessman whose financial future hangs in the balance. In another, Ace travels to Boston and helps uncover a mystery surrounding a stolen piece of Red Sox history tied to Ted Williams.
Each journey places Ace in the middle of fascinating stories involving real locations, historical events, and unforgettable characters. Along the way, he uses his life experience, integrity, and sense of duty to help people in ways that ripple far beyond the game itself.
A Character Fans Can Root For
What makes Ace Preston such a compelling character is his authenticity. He isn’t a superhero or a professional athlete. Instead, he’s someone readers immediately recognize—a hardworking individual who devoted his life to service and now finds himself rediscovering adventure later in life.
Ace’s love for baseball reflects the passion shared by millions of fans. His curiosity, sense of humor, and commitment to doing the right thing make him the kind of hero readers want to follow on every new adventure.
Through Ace, readers experience baseball history not as distant events, but as living moments filled with excitement, mystery, and meaning.
A Journey Through Time and the Spirit of the Game
Ace Preston’s story is ultimately about more than baseball. It’s about rediscovering purpose, embracing new adventures, and realizing that life’s most exciting chapters can begin when we least expect them.
Through the magical windows of a historic scoreboard, Ace steps into the past, but in doing so, he finds a future filled with purpose, discovery, and unforgettable experiences.
Step Into the Adventure
If you love baseball history, thrilling mysteries, and unforgettable characters, The Time Traveling Scoreboard by Robert P. Chappell Jr. invites you to join Ace Preston on a journey unlike any other. Pick up your copy of The Time Traveling Scoreboard today and see what happens when one man steps inside baseball history.