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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Montgomery, Patrick, 1971- author.     Subjects     Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.     Baseball -- United States -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Montgomery, Patrick, 1971- author.       by title:      Baseball's great exp...         MARC Display

Baseball's great expectations : candid stories of ballplayers who didn't live up to the hype / Patrick Montgomery. by Montgomery, Patrick, 1971- author. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2024] Subjects Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.   Baseball -- United States -- History. ISBN:  9781538181805 (hardcover) 1538181800 (hardcover) Description:  xvii, 192 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents:  Josh Booty: Mr. Everything -- David Clyde: the phenomenal cautionary tale -- Brian Cole: a sad story of a great player taken too soon -- Ben Grieve: the underrated player -- Cale Iorg: good baseball player-better human being -- Brian Milner: it won't ever happen again -- Ron Necciai: pure gas and class -- Dan Pasqua: a baseball Paul Bunyan -- Brien Taylor: a December night detour to greatness -- Other incredible "what if" players -- Glossary of baseball terms. Requests:  0 Summary:  "In Baseball's Great Expectations: Candid Stories of Ballplayers Who Didn't Live Up to the Hype, Patrick Montgomery brings out from the shadows nine of those players who were once poised for greatness. They include a player who received a then-record-breaking MLB Draft signing bonus, a left-handed pitcher who was ordained to be the next Sandy Koufax, the only catcher to go straight from high school to the major leagues during the MLB Draft Era, and more. Drawing from his extensive interviews with the players, family members, general managers, executives, scouts, and more, Montgomery shines a fresh light on these players and provides a candid perspective on the major leagues. Players reflect on their careers, what went wrong, how they feel about baseball now that their playing days are over, and, for many of them, how they have found new purpose in their lives. Baseball's Great Expectations reveals an often-overlooked side of professional baseball, of the struggles with injury, mental exhaustion, pressure, temptations, and sometimes just being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The path to baseball stardom is not as glamorous as it is sometimes made out to be, and this book reveals just how difficult the journey truly is."-- Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hawaii State Library Adult New Books 796.35709 Mo Checked out 06/18/2024 Add Copy to MyList

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