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Lädt ... Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoirvon Greg Larson
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Greg Larson was a starry-eyed fan when he hurtled headfirst into professional baseball. As the new clubhouse attendant for the Aberdeen IronBirds, a Minor League affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, Larson assumed he'd entered a familiar world. He thought wrong. He quickly discovered the bizarre rituals of life in the Minors: fights between players, teammates quitting in the middle of the games, doomed relationships, and a negligent parent organization. All the while, Larson, fresh out of college, harbored a secret wish. Despite the team's struggles and his own lack of baseball talent, he yearned to join the exclusive fraternity of professional ballplayers. Instead, Larson fell deeper into his madcap venture as the scheming clubbie. He moved into the clubhouse equipment closet, his headquarters to swing deals involving memorabilia, booze, and loads of cash. By his second season, Larson had transformed into a deceptive, dip-spitting veteran, now fully part of a system that exploited players he considered friends. Like most Minor Leaguers, the gravitational pull of baseball was still too strong for Larson--even if chasing his private dream might cost him his girlfriend, his future, and, ultimately, his love of the game. That is, until an unlikely shot at a championship gives Larson and the IronBirds one final swing at redemption. Clubbie is a hilarious behind-the-scenes tale of two seasons in the mysterious world of Minor League Baseball. With cinematic detail and a colorful cast of characters, Larson spins an unforgettable true story for baseball fans and nonfans alike. An unflinching look at the harsh experience of professional sports, Clubbie will be a touchstone in baseball literature for years to come. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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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! ( )