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Go Pro BASEBALL WISE
Go Pro BASEBALL WISE looks inside the career of pro baseball as discussed by such baseball giants as Andre Dawson, Ozzie Smith, Dallas Green, Bobby Bonilla, Cecil Fielder, Bob Feller, Mitch Williams, Eddie Mathews, Gary Carter, Darrell Evans, Robin Ventura, Paul O'Neill, Gary Gaetti, Kelly Gruber, Matt Williams, Frank Thomas, Art Howe, Devon White, Mark Grace, Joe Girardi, Kevin Saucier, Frank Robinson, Carney Lansford, Johnnie LeMaster, Harmon Killebrew, Steve Dillard, Tom Candiotti, Bake McBride, Billy Williams, and others.
This truly superb book reads like a who's who of the game and if you love baseball, as a player or a fan, then this book is for you. |
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"This (Go Pro BASEBALL WISE) is a must for everyone in the career of professional baseball. It's great for parents and sons. A bull's eye! Wish it were out there when I started playing." - Minor League Manager of the Year (1996) Brian Graham
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| Description |
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Go Pro BASEBALL WISE
is a first of its kind book created by people from all levels of the baseball community, rookies to members of the Hall of Fame, who explain their career to guide young players who want to go pro. They speak directly to the reader and share experiences, personal stories, and amazingly insightful advice. This book is a valuable tool for parents and sons aged junior high through college. A truly enjoyable read for all baseball fans
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| Author's Comments |
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Writing this book was this fan's fantasy! I lived a season with a team of rookies and worked with an entire rookie league, then traveled thousands of miles over several years following their careers and attending ballgames at all levels nationwide interviewing GMs/Field Managers, Scouting Directors/Scouts, active/retired major and minor league players, Player Development Personnel, Agents, and members of the Hall of Fame.
The tape recorder was on whenever opportunities presented themselves: in vacant bleachers while groundskeepers cleaned around us; on dugout benches during batting practice; at coffee shops-dinner houses-fast food counters; at airports, in broadcast booths, beside hotel pools, in motel lobbies, and on the phone.
Everything in the book was given directly to me in the form of taped interviews, documents and letters. They did it because they said they needed this book when they started their own careers.
How & where scouts work
Tools scouts look for
Draft Eligibility Rules
Days of the Draft and procedures
If you're drafted, must you sign?
If you're not drafted, then what?
Tryout Camps and how to find them
Baseball College Scholarship Plan
The Standard Baseball Contract
When and how to get a good agent/when NOT to
The Minor Leagues: draft numbers, wood bats, stats, nightly reports, pressures, bus trips, injuries, Wally Pipp, new pitches & new positions, trades, groupies, media, paying your dues
Humor
Personal stories, experiences, advice
Addresses of amateur baseball leagues, independent leagues, thirty ML Baseball Organizations
Career opportunities: BASEBALL WANTS YOU! Best opportunities in the history of the game!
More...more...more.
P.J. Dragseth, a graduate sociologist, has spent a lifetime in baseball parks as a loyal and knowledgeable fan. This book, a first effort, is to be followed by another - already in progress - in which scouts recall great baseball moments and changes in the game during their careers.
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"This book gives the young player and his parents the best insight into what it takes to become a professional baseball player." - Larry D'Amato (Professional Scout)
"People in this book are quality people. I suggest anyone interested in learning about this career will learn from them. If they don't know baseball, nobody does." - George Genovese (former Major Player & Scout)
"Excellent reading. It will appeal to fans everywhere but especially to young people interested in baseball careers." - Nini Tornay (Former Player)
"This is the real deal. If you want the inside story about the scouts, the draft, and pro baseball, this is the book for you. This is as good as it gets." - Dick Wilson (Former Player, Manager & Scout)
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