The Rookie: The Incredible True Story of a Man Who Never Gave Up on His Dream (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780446678377)

He Played A Boy's Game. He Lived A Man's Life. As a lonely child, Jim Morris took one thing with him wherever his family moved-his ability to hit and throw a baseball. For Jim, the passion of becoming a major-league ballplayer was his anchor and inspiration...until injuries and life got in the way.

A decade after Jim walked away from the minors and began a life of fatherhood and mortgage payments, he made a promise to the hardscrabble high-school team he coached: If they could win their local championship, he would try out again for the big leagues. They did-and he did. Now, in this wondrous, heart-tugging book, Jim Morris tells the story of his remarkable life and his amazing journey to the Big Show at the age of thirty-five . . . and how he finally fulfilled his childhood dream.

Author: Jim Morris, Joel Engel
ISBN-10: 0446678376
ISBN-13: 9780446678377
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2002
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.04h x 4.98w x 0.72d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 12/01/2000
Library Journal 02/01/2001
Publishers Weekly 03/05/2001