Major League Encounters

by Larry LaRue

Overview

It's an exclusive club. Thirty teams, 25 players each, 750 players in all. For every new player that wins a place on the roster, another player is removed. A few talented players have careers that cover more than two decades. Most last less than three years. But for those who can retain a place on the roster, the money is good - minimum wage is almost $450,000 a year. And if they're really superstars, they can end up with an annual eight-figure salary. But there is more to it than money. The men of baseball love the game and they love the clubhouse. The game sometimes costs them their wives and time with their kids. The clubhouse is where they bond as a team and as a family. As with all families, it is a place of laughter and anger, tragedy and loss, happiness and dysfunction. And what unites that family is love. The love of a game called baseball. This collection of encounters with some of these men by sportswriter Larry LaRue takes the readers inside the clubhouse and behind the scenes to share with the reader what these men have accomplished and the price they have paid.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014615174
Publisher:	Reader Publishing Group
Publication date:	07/05/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	255
File size:	181 KB

About the Author

Larry LaRue has been writing most of his life, working for five newspapers, a business journal and an entertainment magazine wrapped around brief
careers as a window washer, bouncer and private investigator.
For more than 30 years, he's covered major league baseball, building relationships while gathering anecdotes and stories like those in 'Major League Encounters.'
Since 1988, LaRue has worked with the Tacoma News Tribune, writing, taking photos, blogging and most recently entering the world of Twitter (@larrylarue).
LaRue lives in Gig Harbor, Washington with his wife, Marie, two indoor cats, one emergency outdoor cat and a tail-less racoon named Massive Butt-Wound Stumpy. He has a grown daughter, Jessica, who is a poet and Herbalife coach, living in Southern California.