The Greatest Show on Dirt
"The Greatest Show on Dirtis funny, fast-paced, and peopled with likable characters in a believable minor-league setting. In other words: manna for fans of sports fiction." -JOSEPH WALLACE, author ofDiamond Ruby"InThe Greatest Show on Dirt, James Bailey performs a double-play pivot worthy of Bill Mazeroski, deftly pairing a page-turning coming-of-age tale about the cluelessness and angst of the post-college years with a richly detailed tour behind the scenes at a minor league ballpark." -JOSH WILKER, author ofCardboard Gods"As Bailey digs deep into his baseball life here for the landscape, it's not just believeable, but is easy to imagine as being the starting point for a movie script -- even with 'Bull Durham' already a classic." -TOM HOFFARTH,Los Angeles Daily News"Nobody has a better feel for the sleepy rhythm of Durham life than James Bailey, nor can anyone give you a better guided tour of the fascinating subculture of minor league baseball. Give this man a steak. He's gone yard." -MIKE BERARDINO, Sports columnist,South Florida Sun Sentinel"Bailey's knowledge of life in the minor leagues comes across in rich detail, makingGreatest Show on Dirtan engaging and entertaining read of a young man finding himself during  the daily grind of a season in Durham." -JOHN MANUEL, Editor in chief,Baseball America