A hard-throwing pitcher with seemingly limitless potential, Pat Jordan finds the promised land of the Majors receding due to his inconsistency and lack of control. His fall from grace takes him from his signing as a bonus baby for the Milwaukee Braves through the backwaters of minor league ball--McCook, Waycross, Davenport, Eau Claire, and Palatka. "Probably the best book imaginable about baseball's underpinnings".--THE BOSTON GLOBE.
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A hard-throwing pitcher with seemingly limitless potential, Pat Jordan finds the promised land of the Majors receding due to his inconsistency and lack of control. His fall from grace takes him from his signing as a bonus baby for the Milwaukee Braves through the backwaters of minor league ball--McCook, Waycross, Davenport, Eau Claire, and Palatka. "Probably the best book imaginable about baseball's underpinnings".--THE BOSTON GLOBE.
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