Synopsis
These are the tales of one-season wonders. The history of baseball is filled with forgotten names - players who are good enough to reach the top of the sport but who, for any number of reasons, land at the edges of the game. Some spend a week or two in the major leagues and then disappear back into the minors. Many leave the sport for good. Still, for an afternoon, a week, or a couple of months, these men stood on the field alongside the best players in The Show. Here are gripping stories of their brief moments in the sun.
About the AuthorJoe Schuster teaches at Webster University. His novel The Might Have Been was published in 2012. His short fiction has appeared in The Kenyon Review, The Iowa Review, and The Missouri Review, among others, and his articles have been published in USA Today, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the revered, retired Sport.
About the SeriesThe Open Door series - an innovative program of original and adapted works by some of the most beloved modern writers - was started in Ireland to promote adult literacy. The Gemma Open Door is an offshoot of this successful series, and showcases fresh stories and new writing from both best-selling North American authors and emerging voices.
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