Hard to grip
Subtitle: a memoir of youth, baseball, and chronic illness
By: Emil DeAndreis
Edition: First edition trade paperback original.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781943156146
Subjects: Rheumatoid arthritis; Baseball players; Patients; Biography
Description: "Emil DeAndreis was a promising star-pitcher of his high school team and went on to play for a D1 league in college (University of Hawaii/Hilo)and was poised to embark on a professional baseball career when he was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis which caused him to abandon his lifelong dream of playing in the major leagues, to rethink his life's path without having to abandon the sport he loves so deeply"--