JOHN FEINSTEIN is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the classics sports books A Season on the Brink and A Good Walk Spoiled, along with many other bestsellers. His first YA mystery, Last Shot, won The Edgar Allen Poe Award for mystery writing. He is a member of Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and The National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame. He is also a columnist for The Washington Post, Golf World, and Golf Digest. He is a contributor to the Golf Channel, and is an essayist for CBS Sports Television.
“[T]errific…[R]eading this book will make you fall in love with
baseball all over again.”—The Denver Post
“One of the best sportswriters alive.”—USA Today
“Feinstein’s work, like that of the best American
sportswriters, is richly detailed and emotionally
articulate...Feinstein's storytelling is compelling, his
understanding of the structural cruelties and emotional
consequences of winner-takes-all competition acute.”—The Guardian
(UK)
“Feinstein takes readers down the dusty roads of minor league
baseball with a vivid look at the players dreaming of a shot at the
big leagues.”
—Parade
“John Feinstein, one of our best-known sportswriters,
explores…baseball’s International League, one of the two AAA
leagues, just below the majors….With many of us counting down to
opening day, this is a fitting time for a book whose subtitle might
well be ‘hope springs eternal — every spring.’”
—The Washington Post
“[P]oignant … [2013] marked the 25th anniversary of ‘Bull Durham,’
and I’m pretty sure a lot of people still think that's how things
go in the minors. Mr. Feinstein clears the perspective on the
realities of minor-league life so that the reader can move on from
Nuke LaLoosh imagery. And for the average baseball fan, this is no
minor accomplishment.”
—The Wall Street Journal
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