Starred Review: Knocking on Heaven's Door: Six Minor Leaguers in Search of the Baseball Dream

From Publishers' Weekly

Dobrow's first book is a beautifully written, meticulously orchestrated account of the families, common agents, notable triumphs, and devastating failures of half a dozen talented young men who want to play in the Major Leagues. A veteran sports writer, Dobrow reveals an insider's instinct, a high level of compassion, and finds the drama in the dream of "making it big." Minor Leaguers have to make ends meet, often for years, and learn how to embrace a wide range of intriguing styles, like "the sport's most charming and exasperating pitch," the knuckleball.

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