Minor Players, Major Dreams by Brett Mandel
Brett Mandel, tired of his nine-to-five job, dreamed of a life of baseball instead: not merely as a spectator, not in weekend pickup games, but in professional baseball. Unlike millions of other dreamers, he made it happen. In 1994, he convinced the newly formed Ogden (Utah) Raptors of the Pioneer League to allow him to join the team and write a book about the minor-league experience—and the Raptors’ first year in baseball. The Pioneer League is a rookie league, designed for first-year professionals, fresh from college—or even younger. It is the first step many take toward the major-league career that will open to very few. Most are destined to last only a brief moment, but that moment is full of promise and was particularly so for the Ogden Raptors, a new team for a city that had a proud baseball heritage but had been without a team in recent years. Minor Players, Major Dreams is a wonderful insider’s view of the low minors and the young men chasing dreams as big as the skies they play under in Utah, Idaho, Montana, and Alberta.
"Mandel has given us a riveting insider’s account of the experience of playing minor-league baseballA must for all aficionados of our National Game."—Benjamin G. Rader, author of Baseball: A History of America’s Game
Brett H. Mandel serves as assistant city controller in Philadelphia. This is his first book.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780803282322 |
| ISBN 10 | 080328232X |
| Title | Minor Players, Major Dreams |
| Author | Brett Mandel |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Nebraska Press |
| Year published | 1996-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 243 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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