Odd Man Out: A Year on the Mound with a Minor League Misfit
- ISBN-10
- 1101015934
- ISBN-13
- 9781101015933
- Series
- Odd Man Out
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-02-19
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Matt McCarthy
Description
A hilairious inside baseball account of year in the minor leagues Odd Man Out captures the gritty essence of our national pastime as it is played outside the spotlight. Matt McCarthy, a decent left-handed starting pitcher on one of the worst squads in Yale history, earned a ticket to spring training as the twenty-sixth-round draft pick of the 2002 Anaheim Angels. This is the hilarious inside story of his year with the Provo Angels, Anaheim's minor league affiliate in the heart of Mormon country, as McCarthy navigates the ups and downs of an antic, grueling season, filled with cross-country bus trips, bizarre rivalries, and wild locker-room hijinks.
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