Dirk Hayhurst
Dirk Hayhurst, drafted from
Kent State University in 2003 as a senior sign, has pitched professionally for
seven seasons on seven minor-league teams, as well as for two big-league teams,
the San Diego Padres and the Toronto Blue Jays. Since 2007, he has blogged
about baseball for Baseball America. Born and raised in Canton, Ohio, he now
lives in Hudson, Ohio, with his wife, Bonnie.
All Books By Dirk Hayhurst
The Bullpen Gospels
- By: Dirk Hayhurst
- Narrator: Ray Porter
- Length: 10 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2009
- Language: English
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From the humble heights of a Class-A pitcher’s mound to the deflating lows of sleeping on his gun-toting grandmother’s air mattress, veteran reliever Dirk Hayhurst steps out of the bullpen to deliver the best pitch of his career–a raw and unflinching account of his life in the minor leagues. Whether training tarantulas to protect his room from thieving employees in a backwater hotel or absorbing the gentle mockery of some not-quite-starstruck schoolchildren, Hayhurst reveals a side of baseball–and life–rarely seen on television.
Upon its release, The Bullpen Gospels became a New York Times bestseller; and with comparisons to Jim Boutons’s Ball Four, The Bullpen Gospels is slated to be a classic of the genre.
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