Description
A sensitive, physically gifted young man enters the demanding world of professional baseball, carrying the expectations of family, coaches, and his own youthful dreams. Moving through minor-league towns and the relentless pressures of competition, he struggles to reconcile athletic promise with a growing sense that he does not quite belong. With candid self-awareness and understated humor, the narrative explores ambition, identity, failure, discipline, and the difficult process of becoming oneself when success remains out of reach. The result is an incisive coming-of-age portrait and an authentic look at the many aspiring players whose stories unfold far from the spotlight.
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paperback
Dodd, Mead
Published Jan 1, 1973
211 pages
ISBN: 9780396067115
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First Published
1973
Language
eng
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