The Bullpen Gospels: Major League Dreams of a Minor League Veteran »

From the humble heights of a Class-A pitcher's mound to the deflating lows of sleeping on his guntoting 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 minors.

Whether training tarantulas to protect his room from thieving employees in a backwater hotel or absorbing the gentle mockery of some notquitestarstruck schoolchildren, Hayhurst reveals a side of baseball—and life—rarely seen on ESPN.

The New York Times - Jonathan Eig

…Hayhurst, in his own foul-mouthed, sexist way, has a good story to tell, indeed an American classic. It feels true, and Hayhurst knows how to keep the reader turning pages…I couldn't help pulling for him, mostly because when he's not trying to sound like a serious writer with serious thoughts, he's funny. In fact, The Bullpen Gospels may be the funniest baseball memoir since Jim Bouton's Ball Four.