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Originally Posted by packs
There’s a book called A False Spring by Pat Jordan that can be tougher to find but is really interesting to read. He was a major prospect for the Braves in the 70s but didn’t pan out and the book is about his experience in the low minors and coming to realize he didn’t have it.
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I will second this. A False Spring is my favorite baseball book. Pat Jordan became a cranky old curmudgeon, but he wrote a great book.
Close behind would be:
The Great American Novel by Phillip Roth
Koufax, A Lefty's Legacy by Jane Leavy
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