Knocking on Heaven's door : six minor leaguers in search of the baseball dream by Dobrow, Marty, 1960- instant download

Knocking on Heaven's door : six minor leaguers in search of the baseball dream by Dobrow, Marty, 1960- instant download

1 online resource (323 pages, 34 unnumbered pages of plates) :, The rich slice of Americana found in minor league baseball presents a contradictory culture. On the one hand, the minors are filled with wholesome, family-friendly entertainment-fluffy mascots, kitschy promotions, and earnest young men signing autographs for wide-eyed Little Leaguers. On the other, they comprise a world of cutthroat competition in which a team-mate's failure or injury can be the cause of quiet celebration and 90 percent of all players never play a single inning in the major leagues, OldControl:muse9781613760185, Includes index, Includes bibliographical references and index, Print version record, Part 1. Spring Training 2005 -- 1. Crash Davis Territory (Doug Clark) -- 2. Can't Miss (Brad Baker) -- 3. Fluttering Away (Charlie Zink) -- 4. Manny Being Manny (Manny Delcarmen) -- 5. A Dream Deferred (Randy Ruiz) -- Part 2. Opening Day to the All-Star Break -- 6. \"It's the Life -- the One Everyone Wants to Live\" (Baker) -- 7. Opposites Attract (Delcarmen and Zink) -- 8. Baseballtown (Ruiz) -- 9. \"They Got Him!\" (Agents and Matt Torra) -- 10. Waiting (on Deck) for Godot (Clark and Torra) -- Part 3. The Second Half -- 11. Suspended Disbelief (Ruiz) -- 12. The Three Hardest Outs in the Game (Baker) -- 13. Goose Bumps (Delcarmen) -- 14. \"If You Make It, We Will Come\" (Zink) -- 15. At Heaven's Door (Clark) -- Interlude. The Off-Season -- 16. There's Always Next Year, Sometimes -- Part 4. Opening Day 2006 to August 12, 2008 -- 17. Going Home Again (Delcarmen) -- 18. A Giant among Legends (Clark) -- 19. Knockin' after Midnight (Ruiz) -- 20. \"Just Hoping to Have It Be Over\" (Torra) -- 21. On the Big Screen (Baker) -- 22. \"The Path of the Knuckleballer Is Rarely Linear\" (Zink)