Greg Larson

Greg Larson spent two years as a clubhouse attendant for Aberdeen Ironbirds and recounts his experiences in CLUBBIE. Larson began his tenure with the team as a lost soul, looking for purpose in his post college life. Over the course of two seasons full of great moments and soul-searching realities, Larson comes away without a clearer path for his life, but with a fuller spirit and some life experiences few of us ever get to have.
The book flows like a good storyteller at your favorite bar. Sometimes linear and looking into the deeper meaning of life, other times as a stream of consciousness and is just a funny recap of crazy day. Larson reveals some of the ugly realities of minor league baseball, like salaries, lodging, etc, but always drifts back to Larson's fulfillment and happiness that he got to work for two years for a professional baseball team. By the end of the book, he takes pride in his job and in himself that he was a part of the team. Larson touches on his personal life and his girlfriend at the time, but I wonder if he could have either expanded his personal life to a greater part of the book so the reader can appreciate that part of him, or left it out completely and told more tales of the triumphs and tragedies of minor league baseball.
Baseball fans will enjoy CLUBBIE, and most people who simply wanted to find themselves after college while like this book as well.
Thank you to University of Nebraska Press, Greg Larson, and Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!… (mehr)