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Matt McCarthy never expected to get drafted by a Major League Baseball team. A biophysics major at Yale, he was a decent left-handed starter for a dismal college team. But good southpaws are hard to find, and when the Anaheim Angels selected him in the 21st round of the 2002 draft, he jumped at the chance. Here, he tells the hilarious story of his year with the Provo (Utah) Angels, Anaheim's Class A minor league affiliate. He quickly discovers the dirty truths of the minors: the Americans and Dominicans don't speak to each other, the allure of steroids is ever present, and everyone puts his own stats ahead of the team's success. McCarthy takes readers through the ups and downs of an antic, grueling season filled with cross-country road trips, bizarre rivalries, and players competing with cutthroat intensity for the ultimate prize--a call up to the majors.--From publisher description.
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Pitchers (Baseball), Biography, Minor league baseball, Fiction, Literature, Parental overprotection, Widowers, Psychological fiction, Family relationships, Bereavement, Baseball players, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, family life, general, Widowers, fiction, Pitching (baseball)People
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Odd Man Out: A Year on the Mound with a Minor League Misfit
Jan 26, 2010, Penguin Books
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The Possession of Mr. Cave
2009, Penguin Group USA, Inc.
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Odd man out: a season on the mound with minor league baseball's most unlikely pitcher
2008, Viking
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Odd man out: a year on the mound with a minor league misfit
2008, Viking
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A novel of chilling suspense about a father who will do anything to protect his teenage daughterFollowing the tragic deaths of his wife and son, antiques dealer Terence Cave is left alone to raise his only daughter, fifteen-year-old Bryony. As the young girl struggles to come to terms with the loss of her twin brother, Reuben, Terence observes changes in her behaviorchanges he believes are more dangerous than the common trials of adolescence. In order to protect her, he begins to follow her whenever she leaves the house, becoming increasingly paranoid about her safety.Bryony resents her fathers lack of trust and refuses to obey the draconian rules he dictates to her, despite his warnings. And when Terence realizes that the boy Bryony is in love with was present when Reuben died, his fear drives him to actwith disastrous results.A brilliant psychological investigation into the relationship between parents and teenagers, and a story of nail-biting tension, Matt Haigs compelling third novel is truly unforgettable.
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