The Rookie
The Incredible True Story of a Man Who Never Gave Up on His Dream
Nonfiction, Sports, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Jim Morris, Joel Engel | ISBN: | 9780446549875 |
| Publisher: | Grand Central Publishing | Publication: | November 15, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Grand Central Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jim Morris, Joel Engel |
| ISBN: | 9780446549875 |
| Publisher: | Grand Central Publishing |
| Publication: | November 15, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Grand Central Publishing |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
