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The Tao of the Backup Catcher: Playing Baseball for the Love of the Game
An inspiring story built around the struggle of a backup catcher. Eight years with countless minor league teams, a Major League debut at age 30, a journeyman with an 18-year career with twelve major league teams — this is a universal story of perseverance set on the stage of professional sports.
This fascinating book chronicles the unsung men of baseball who serve the job, the hardships they face, and their love for a game that would not always love them back-told partly through the experiences of an MLB veteran.
"Reminds us of the beauty of baseball." —Jim Abott, former major league pitcher
In baseball there are superstars, stars, and everyday players—and then there are the rest. The Tao of the Backup Catcher is about them, the backup catchers, who exist near the bottom of the rost...
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