Bigger Than the Game: Restitching a Major League Life Author: Dirk Hayhurst | Language: English | ISBN:
B00F8J6PX4 | Format: EPUB
Bigger Than the Game: Restitching a Major League Life Description
"The best writer in a baseball uniform." —Tyler Kepner,
The New York TimesAfter nearly a decade in the minors, Dirk Hayhurst defied the odds to climb onto the pitcher's mound for the Toronto Blue Jays. Newly married, with a big league paycheck and a brand new house, Hayhurst was ready for a great season in the Bigs.
Then fate delivered a crushing hit. Hayhurst blew out his pitching shoulder in an insane off-season workout program. After surgery, rehab, and more rehab, his major-league dreams seemed more distant than ever.
From there things got worse, weirder, and funnier. In a crazy world of injured athletes, autograph-seeking nuns, angry wrestlers, and trainers with a taste for torture, Hayhurst learned lessons about the game—and himself—that were not in any rulebook. Honest, soul‑searching, insightful, hilarious, and moving, Dirk Hayhurst's latest memoir is an indisputable baseball classic.
Praise for The Bullpen Gospels and Out of My League
"Dirk Hayhurst writes about baseball in a unique way. Observant, insightful, human, and hilarious." —Bob Costas
"A fun read. . .This book shows why baseball is so often used as a metaphor for life." —Keith Olbermann
"Entertaining and engaging. . .reminiscent of Jim Bouton's Ball Four." —Booklist
"A rare gem of a baseball book." —Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated
"A humorous, candid, and insightful memoir of Hayhurst's rookie season in the majors. . .Grade: Home Run." —Cleveland Plain Dealer
- File Size: 938 KB
- Print Length: 320 pages
- Publisher: Citadel (February 25, 2014)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00F8J6PX4
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,681 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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I laughed, I cried, I loved it. He really makes you feel that you're living his life along with him. Read it yesterday in one sitting. Sure hope he will continue to take us along for the ride.
By Pat O
I probably identified with this one more than the others. Both depression and disability-temporary or not-are part of my life as well. I missed his family in this one-they were off stage for the most part. But there was a large collection of surrogate family that made up for it. His writing just improves exponentially with every book. Dirk' s journey is always a great read.
By Graypets
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