Take Two and Hit to Right: Story of a boy's dream to play pro baseball: Volume 1 - Softcover

Herpin, Joe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1463665989 ISBN 13: 9781463665982

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011

Synopsis

Joe Herpin writes about his great love the game of baseball and his childhood dream.After seeing, at six years of age, New York Yankee great Joe Dimaggio play an exhibition game in Memphis, Tennessee,he decided, more than anything, he wanted to be a professional baseball player. As a small boy in bed at night he often day-dreamed about wearing a real baseball uniform, playing on a real baseball diamond and when grown becoming a professional baseball player. Personal highlights and pittfalls of his development from a youngster throwing a tennis ball against the garage door to simulate pitchinf in a game to becoming a high school baseball and football All -State selection in Geogia. The thrill of signing a bonus contract with the Philadelphia Phllies, and his best remembered experiences of playing in small towns in six different minor leagues are vividly described. "Take Two and Hit to Right", gives you incite into the travails of ball players on minor league clubs. You will discover how Joe perseveres, chasing his childhood dream, as the story moves him along the bumpy road that professional baseball players traveled when playing in the minor leagues in the 1950s. On May 5, 2008, Joe Herpin was inducted into the Greater Savannah Athletic Hall of Fame.

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About the Author

Joe Herpin tells of his childhood dream of becoming a profesional baseball player after as a small boy seeing the yankee great Joe Dimaagio play an exhibtion game in Memphis, Tennessee. Even after becoming a highly recruited high school All-State fooball player in Georgia, he turns down football to sign a bonus contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. His story details the ups and downs of a young man playing in the minor leagues of professional baseball in the 1950s. He relates his struggles as he chases his dream for four years in six different leagues. Reading his story will gives an fresh incite into how things actually were versus how many people imagine the life of a ball player.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1463665989
• ISBN 13: 9781463665982
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 116