Bigger Than the Game by Dirk Hayhurst

Bigger Than the Game by Dirk Hayhurst

The best writer in a baseball uniform. --Tyler Kepner, The New York Times

After nearly a decade in the minors, Dirk Hayhurst defied the odds to climb onto the pitcher's mound for the Toronto Blue Jays. Newly married, with a big league paycheck and a brand new house, Hayhurst was ready for a great season in the Bigs.

Then fate delivered a crushing hit. Hayhurst blew out his pitching shoulder in an insane off-season workout program. After surgery, rehab, and more rehab, his major-league dreams seemed more distant than ever.

From there things got worse, weirder, and funnier. In a crazy world of injured athletes, autograph-seeking nuns, angry wrestlers, and trainers with a taste for torture, Hayhurst learned lessons about the game--and himself--that were not in any rulebook. Honest, soul?searching, insightful, hilarious, and moving, Dirk Hayhurst's latest memoir is an indisputable baseball classic.

Praise for The Bullpen Gospels and Out of My League

Dirk Hayhurst writes about baseball in a unique way. Observant, insightful, human, and hilarious. --Bob Costas

A fun read. . .This book shows why baseball is so often used as a metaphor for life. --Keith Olbermann

Entertaining and engaging. . .reminiscent of Jim Bouton's Ball Four. --Booklist

A rare gem of a baseball book. --Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated

A humorous, candid, and insightful memoir of Hayhurst's rookie season in the majors. . .Grade: Home Run. --Cleveland Plain Dealer

The Bullpen Gospels, Out of My League, Larger Than the Game, and the e-book Wild Pitches are all New York Times bestselling books by Dirk Hayhurst. Hayhurst was drafted as a senior signee out of Kent State University in 2003 and pitched professionally for nine years for eight minor league organizations and three major league teams: the San Diego Padres, Toronto Blue Jays, and Tampa Bay Rays. He has worked as a broadcaster and baseball analyst for the Toronto Blue Jays and Sportsnet Toronto, as well as contributing to ESPN's Olbermann Show on ESPN 2 and as a panelist on TBS's MLB postseason coverage. Go to www.dirkhayhurst.com to learn more about him.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780806534879
ISBN 10	0806534877
Title	Bigger Than the Game
Author	Dirk Hayhurst
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Kensington Publishing
Year published	2014-02-25
Number of pages	320
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.