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Title: Minor Players, Major Dreams by Brett H. Mandel ISBN: 0-8032-8232-X Publisher: Bison Pub. Date: 01 July, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Can't put it down
Comment: What can I say? I read this book in three days. Couldn't put it down. Before I found out about this book, I actually had a similar idea. Except mine would have been more photography than writing. Anyway.....Mandel was able to bring the prospective from the player's standpoint. For a guy who never wrote a book before, he did a fantastic job of making you feel part of the team. I am very jealous of his experience. Anyone who's a baseball fan....this is a must read. Especially after you been to a couple of minor league games to know some of the quaint features he talks about. I've read no greater baseball book.
Rating: 5
Summary: An Honest Account of Life in the Minor Leagues
Comment: Brett Mandel does an excellent job of portraying a year with the Ogden Raptors of the short-season Pioneer League. This is a well written, easy-to-read account of the ups and downs of life in the low minors. At times it is funny, at other times touching. I found myself pulling for him to get into a few more games than he did, but at least he's had an experience not many of us get. Good work on this book!
Rating: 5
Summary: Oh dear god - what an awesome book!
Comment: What a wonderful book! I picked this one up, and it stayed in my stack of books to read for about 6 months. That was a mistake - I should have read it first. This is a great book if you're a fan of baseball, particularly if you're a fan of minor league baseball. This tells the story of Brett's year with the Ogden Raptors in 1994 from the start to the end of the season. Brett's writing style is very easy to read. I tend to do most of my reading before going to bed at night, which usually means I can take several sessions to actually finish a book, as I did with this one. Most books suffer from when you pick them up again, it's not that easy to jump right in where you left off. This one does not have that. For me, it lent itself great to reading it in chunks. Brett was on the Raptors for a whole year, and this book is his recollection of the travels, details, and behind the scenes things most people will never hear about. Check this out - this book has nothing to do with the Texas Rangers (my favourite team), but it's a great GREAT baseball book!
As an added bonus, I met the author last year when my wife & I went to Baltimore to see the Rangers play there. Brett and some friends were coming back from Cooperstown for the HOF induction ceremony, and were in Baltimore to see the Orioles play. He himself told me about the book, and we had a few moments talking about the Phillies, as we're both from there. I wish I would have already read the book at this point, but Brett was a great guy to meet in person, too!
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Title: The 26th Man: One Minor League Pitcher's Pursuit of a Dream by Steve Fireovid, Mark Winegardner ISBN: 0803268912 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Inside Pitch: Life in Professional Baseball by George Gmelch ISBN: 1588340155 Publisher: Smithsonian Books Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Small-Town Heroes: Images of Minor League Baseball by Hank Davis ISBN: 0803266391 Publisher: Bison Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Stolen Season: A Journey Through America and Baseball's Minor Leagues by David Lamb ISBN: 039457608X Publisher: Random House Inc Pub. Date: 01 March, 1991 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Slouching Toward Fargo: : A Two-Year Saga Of Sinners And St. Paul Saints At The Bottom Of The Bush Leagues With Bill Murray, Darryl Strawberry, Dakota Sadie And Me by Neal Karlen ISBN: 038079215X Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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