Anchor Sports Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Life in the Minor Leagues of Baseball, (Paperback)

from utbw42

This is the first Feinstein book I've read and after reading I may need to tackle more in the future. Feinstein follows the trials and struggles of various baseball players (and some umpires as well) trying to get out of the minors and show their skills on a major league field. Many people, even ...

from SamSattler

"Where Nobody Knows Your Name" is about life in baseball's minor leagues, most often at the Triple A level where players and umpires are on the verge of finally making it to the Majors. Sadly, for some, this is as close as they are ever going to get to the Major Leagues. Even more sadly, many of ...

from gmmartz

I love Feinstein's sports books. This one follows an approach he's used in the past in writing about a subject by following a cast of characters through the course of a season. In this case, he's doing Triple A baseball. And, as usual, it's a nice effort. AAA ball, the minor league level just bel...

from Stahl-Ricco

The story of 6 Ballplayers, 2 managers, and 1 umpire during the 2012 season in the International League at the Triple-A level. Well, there's actually a lot more stories than those 8, including one of my favorite players, Dan Johnson. I liked the attention to the little details, like that the name...

from bostonian71

Promising, but not completely absorbing even for this baseball fan. At the beginning Feinstein gives the impression of wanting to focus on nine particular baseball people (players, coaches and an umpire in the minor leagues), but he covers so many places and events and people that some of the sto...