Beating About the Bushes »

Tim Sommer beat long odds when he signed a professional baseball contract to play for the Baltimore Orioles organization. Norwalk, Ohio did not have a high school baseball team and there were few scouts covering the rural areas he played in during the summer. His 8 year career as a player and 2 years as a scout provided him with a broad overview of professional baseball. After retiring, he kept active as a pitching instructor for local youth in Elmira, NY.

Beating About the Bushes allows the reader to ride the emotional wave of my eight year professional career starting with the realization at age 12, I was the "big fish in the small pond".