{"product_id":"bigger-than-the-game-dirk-hayhurst-9780806534879","title":"Bigger Than the Game","description":"\u003cp\u003eOld demons together with new enemies and a season ending-- possibly career ending-- injury look to knock Hayhurst out of baseball forever. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Isolated from his family, broken, and branded a traitor by his teammates for writing inside the locker room, Hayhurst finds himself at a crossroads: should he continue down the spiral of depression and prescription drug abuse he's falling into, or seek psychological help at the risk of being labeled a \"head case\" by an industry biased against that which it cannot quantify?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Or maybe Hayhurst just needs to show them all how much fun being a head case can be? In a crazy world of injured athletes, autograph-seeking nuns, angry wrestlers, and trainers with a taste for torture, Hayhurst learned lessons about the game--and himself--that were not in any rulebook. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Like all of Hayhurst's writing on baseball, Bigger Than The Game tells a story about what lies beneath the often gilded uniform of the professional player in the honest, often hilarious, and self effacing way Hayhurst has become so renown for--even while exploring often shunned topics like the rampancy of prescription drug abuse among major league athletes, the stigma of depression among athletes, and the damning consequences of violating the codes of the locker room. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Bigger Than The Game is Hayhurst's most compelling book to date and is a must read for those who truly wish to know what their favorite player goes through when they break.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dirk Hayhurst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806534877\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806534879\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kensington Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.34h x 5.56w x 0.87d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2014 pg. 109\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2014","brand":"Dirk Hayhurst","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990377267455,"sku":"9780806534879","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca6b3428-5420-458c-af41-afc634f32f6a.jpg?v=1683304324","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bigger-than-the-game-dirk-hayhurst-9780806534879","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}