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Review Marty Dobrow is a patient listener and sure-eyed observer as he sketches these portraits of a half-dozen people beguiled by baseball. The result is as lively, intimate, and engrossing a book as Hoop Dreams was a movie. --Alexander Wolff, Senior Writer, 'Sports Illustrated' and author of 'Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure' The best account of the life of minor league baseball players I have read. The reader feels the despair of each player's struggles and the joys of their eventual successes, however brief they may be. --Jerome Mileur, former owner of the Harrisburg Senators and author of 'High-Flying Birds: The 1942 St. Louis Cardinals' It took an extraordinary writer in Marty Dobrow to dig so far past the box scores and sports cliches and deliver this remarkable story. It's about the human drama that you'll never find in the highlight shows. The memorable characters and fast-paced prose make it difficult to put down. --Dan Wetzel, national columnist, 'Yahoo! Sports,' and author of 'Glory Road' Product Description The rich slice of Americana found in minor league baseball presents a contradictory culture. On the one hand, the minors are filled with wholesome, f

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Author
Dobrow, Marty
Publisher
Univ of Massachusetts Pr
Published
2010
Language
EN
Category
work of fiction
Rating
4.21 / 5 (26 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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