Odd Man Out
A Year on the Mound with a Minor League Misfit
$43.75
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
26 January 2010
Summary
A hilairious inside baseball account of year in the minor leaguesOdd Man Out captures the gritty essence of our national pastime as it is played outside the spot-light. Matt McCarthy, a decent left-handed starting pitcher on one of the worst squads in Yale history, earned a ticket to spring training as the twenty-sixth-round draft pick of the 2002 Anaheim Angels. This is the hilarious inside story of his year with the Provo Angels, Anaheim’s minor league affiliate in the heart of Mormon count…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143116813 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143116819 |
| Author: | Matt McCarthy |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 26 January 2010 |
| Weight: | 261g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 137mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
“His well-told, insightful memoir should brighten the off-season for serious baseball fans. It provides a colorful, inside look at the distinctly unglamorous life of the minor-league ballplayer, complete with shabby hotels, 17-hour bus rides and little hope of making it to the majors. ” –Kirkus Reviews
‘While his professional baseball career lasted for just one summer, McCarthy still compiled enough incidents and anecdotes to make for an eye-opening read about the wildly unpredictable life of a minor-league ballplayer.” – Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Matt McCarthy
Matt McCarthy left professional baseball in 2003 and enrolled in medical school at Harvard University. He is an intern at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City.
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