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Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time
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Author:
Ryan McGee
Publisher:
Doubleday
Date:
April 4, 2023
The memoir of an ESPN reporter who, in the summer of 1994, was a fresh-out-of-college intern for a minor league baseball team. Madness ensues as Ryan McGee spends the season in North Carolina with the Asheville Tourists.
What The Reviewers Say
Because Mr. McGee’s focus is the back-office grunt work and not the players’ experience, his narrative has a special allure. What is more, it illuminates the humble realities of an entire subculture of amateur sports, including youth leagues.
Readers will be charmed by the gallery of owners, players, coaches, groundskeepers, concessionaires, (fighting!) mascots, fellow interns, and fans McGee paints with such vivid colors..
Throughout, the author delivers entertaining set pieces.
