3 Paths Crossed Here

This is a collection of three stories. the first story, "bastinili, " details the life story of baseball star bobby bastinili from his childhood to his retirement and coincidental rise and fall of his ego. the second, "the Words' Path, " deals with a small town school teacher. she starts receiving strange correspondence in the forms of letters and emails;one of her students is acting strangely;and her hospitalized brother is getting divorced from his golddigging wife.
is there a connection? in the third story, "the lyrics hunt, " two stars, a country music star and a hockey star, are kidnapped. it is up to two talent agents to find them as clues are left for them-and only them.