I just finished reading The Bullpen Gospels by Dirk Hayhurst. Hayhurst is a pitcher, currently in the Tampa Bay Rays organization. The book details his career as a minor league pitcher. It focuses mostly on his time spent between the High-A Lake Elsinore Storm and the Double-A San Antonio Missions during the 2007 season, with a few other season sprinkled in.
The books main focuses are on the daily grind of minor league baseball, what it means to be a Professional Baseball Player, and what baseball means to Dirk Hayhurst relative to life. He writes about his desire to quit pro-ball multiple times, his relationships with his teammates, a tumultuous and frustrating family life, living on an air-mattress at his grandmothers house, locker room hi-jinx and many other interesting and unexpected aspects of his life.
This was a hilarious book and is one of my immediate favorites. It is a must read for every baseball fan.
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