num_pages: 264
description: If Clubbie isn't the best piece of baseball literature since Ball Four  it's the leader in the clubhouse. --Los Angeles Daily News[A] well-written realistic and necessary addition to current baseball literature. -- Library Journal Greg Larson was a starry-eyed fan when he hurtled headfirst into professional baseball. As the new clubhouse attendant for the Aberdeen IronBirds a Minor League affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles Larson assumed he'd entered a familiar world. He thought wrong.He quickly discovered the bizarre rituals of life in the fights between players teammates quitting in the middle of the games doomed relationships and a negligent parent organization. All the while Larson fresh out of college harbored a secret wish. Despite the team's struggles and his own lack of baseball talent he yearned to join the exclusive fraternity of professional ballplayers. Instead Larson fell deeper into his madcap venture as the scheming clubbie. He moved into the clubhouse equipment closet his headquarters to swing deals involving memorabilia booze and loads of cash. By his second season Larson had transformed into a deceptive dip-spitting veteran now fully part of a system that exploited players he considered friends.Like most Minor Leaguers the gravitational pull of baseball was still too strong for Larson--even if chasing his private dream might cost him his girlfriend his future and ultimately his love of the game. That is until an unlikely shot at a championship gives Larson and the IronBirds one final swing at redemption.Clubbie is a hilarious behind-the-scenes tale of two seasons in the mysterious world of Minor League Baseball. With cinematic detail and a colorful cast of characters Larson spins an unforgettable true story for baseball fans and nonfans alike.An unflinching look at the harsh experience of professional sports Clubbie will be a touchstone in baseball literature for years to come.
language: English
title: Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir
publisher: University of Nebraska Press