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The Oldest Rookie: Big-League Dreams from a Small-Town Guy
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
The Oldest Rookie: Big-League Dreams from a Small-Town Guy
Contributors:
By (Author) Jim Morris
By (author) Joel Engel
Publisher:
Little, Brown & Company
Imprint:
Little, Brown & Company
Publication Date:
1st April 2001
Country:
United States
Classifications
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
288
Dimensions:
Width 127mm, Height 191mm
Description
He Played A Boy's Game. He Lived A Man's Life. As a lonely child, Jim Morris took one thing with him wherever his family moved-his ability to hit and throw a baseball. For Jim, the passion of becoming a major-league ballplayer was his anchor and inspiration...until injuries and life got in the way.
A decade after Jim walked away from the minors and began a life of fatherhood and mortgage payments, he made a promise to the hardscrabble high-school team he coached: If they could win their local championship, he would try out again for the big leagues. They did-and he did. Now, in this wondrous, heart-tugging book, Jim Morris tells the story of his remarkable life and his amazing journey to the Big Show at the age of thirty-five . . . and how he finally fulfilled his childhood dream.