In this real-life version of the movie Bull Durham, pitcher Hayhurst chronicles a poignant year in Minor League Baseball. -Trevor Hoffman.
Fascinating...a perspective that fans rarely see.
He might have called it \'Pitcher in the Rye.\' -King Kaufman, Salon Whether training tarantulas to protect his room from thieving employees in a backwater hotel or absorbing the gentle mockery of some not-quite-starstruck schoolchildren, Hayhurst reveals a side of baseball-and life-rarely seen on ESPN. -Rob Neyer, ESPN.com If Holden Caulfield could dial up his fastball to 90 mph, he might have written this funny, touching memoir. -Tim Kurkjian, senior writer, ESPN The Magazine, and analyst/reporter, ESPN television Bull Durham meets Ball Four.
I loved it. -Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated Funny and honest.
A rollicking good bus ride of a book. -Tim McCarver From the humble heights of a Class-A pitcher\'s mound to the deflating lows of sleeping on his gun-toting grandmother\'s air mattress, Veteran reliever Dirk Hayhurst steps out of the Bullpen to deliver the best pitch of his career-a raw and unflinching account of his life in the minors.
A true picture of baseball.
In this real-life version of the movie Bull Durham, pitcher Hayhurst chronicles a poignant year in Minor League Baseball
