It’s a world unto itself — one that is rarely seen for all its colour and tradition, and also its coarseness, vulgarity, and darker side.
It’s the summer of 2008, and Gord Mattis, a twenty-four year old left-handed pitcher, is plying his trade in Single A baseball. He eats, sleeps, and breathes the game. From a young age, Gord has had a love affair with baseball, although it hasn’t always loved him back.
Not blessed with overwhelming stuff, Gord has faced adversity at every level of organized baseball. He must go to extreme lengths to squeeze every last ounce of talent out of his body and mind to succeed on the hill.
Gord and his teammates -- including Danny Johnson, a brash, cocky, eighteen-year-old fireballer from Oklahoma City -- endure weary, soul-sapping bus trips across the state of Florida. They try to maintain their sanity in the pressure cooker that is life in the minors with sophomoric antics typical of twenty-something players with too much time on their hands.
Travelling from past to present, Gord reflects on his early years in the game, to college and independent league baseball, and currently in the minors, where the ultimate destination of the big leagues is achingly within reach.
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Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements 11
- July 2008 13
- Dunedin, Florida 13
- May 1998 22
- Ann Arbor, Michigan 22
- Concord Field 22
- July 2008 27
- Lakeland, Florida 27
- Mercantile Stadium 27
- September 2000 35
- Ann Arbor, Michigan 35
- Singer Park 35
- July 2008 40
- Lakeland, Florida 40
- Mercantile Stadium 40
- April 2002 46
- Ann Arbor, Michigan 46
- Riverside Stadium 46
- July 2008 51
- Vero Beach, Florida 51
- September 2002 61
- University of Michigan 61
- July 2008 69
- Vero Beach, Florida 69
- September 2002 74
- University of Michigan 74
- July 2008 81
- Orlando, Florida 81
- February 2004 89
- Lubbock, Texas 89
- Dan Law Field 89
- June 2004 96
- Corvallis, Oregon 96
- Goss Stadium 96
- July 2008 104
- Orlando, Florida 104
- January 2005 113
- University of Michigan 113
- May 2005 119
- University of Michigan 119
- May 2005 126
- University of Michigan 126
- July 2008 131
- Orlando, Florida 131
- May 2007 135
- Joliet, Illinois 135
- Silverback Field 135
- May 2007 145
- Joliet, Illinois 145
- August 2008 154
- Tampa, Florida 154
- Heroes Field 154
- August 2008 162
- Orlando, Florida 162
- August 2008 167
- Lakeland, Florida 167
- August 2008 174
- Orlando, Florida 174
- Global Sports Complex 174
- August 2008 181
- Lakeland, Florida 181
- Mercantile Stadium 181
- September 2008 189
- Orlando, Florida 189
- March 2009 196
- Lakeland, Florida 196
- Mercantile Stadium 196
- April 2009 204
- Orlando, Florida 204
- About the Author 206