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Publisher's Summary
After nearly a decade in the minors, Dirk Hayhurst defied the odds to climb onto the pitcher's mound for the Toronto Blue Jays. Newly married, with a big league paycheck and a brand new house, Hayhurst was ready for a great season in the Bigs.
Then fate delivered a crushing hit. Hayhurst blew out his pitching shoulder in an insane off-season workout program. After surgery, rehab, and more rehab, his major-league dreams seemed more distant than ever.
From there things got worse, weirder, and funnier. In a crazy world of injured athletes, autograph-seeking nuns, angry wrestlers, and trainers with a taste for torture, Hayhurst learned lessons about the game—and himself—that were not in any rulebook. Honest, soul-searching, insightful, hilarious, and moving, Dirk Hayhurst's latest memoir is an indisputable baseball classic.
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- PMoney
- 03-09-22
Garfoose continues to rule!
This is my 2nd Hayhurst book & now I have two favorite Dirk Hayhurst books. If you love baseball you will love this book!! FIVE STARS!
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-03-22
Very enjoyable
I appreciate and enjoy Dirk Hayhursts writing style. It's easy to listen to and understand, plus as a guy who grew up playing baseball, I enjoy the stories he writes about. I recommend listening to or reading both his books, especially if you're a baseball fan. I look forward to more writing from Dirk.
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- IdahoHarts
- 07-27-21
Great book, okay narrator
the book is a good sequel to the awesome Bullpen Gospels. Problem, Bullpen Gospels was narrated by Ray Porter who sounds like an everyday guy, a baseball player. Stephen Hoye while have good production value sounds more like the owner of a baseball team, not a player. it probably wouldn't have been to bad if I hadn't gone in with as high expectations left from Ray Porter. that sad Hoye wasn't horrible, just not as good for this particular book as Porter.
Otherwise, this book was really good.
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- The Iron Lion
- 12-03-20
100% worth nine innings of your time!
great story....well read.... hysterical at times...a complete game. would recommend reading all his books.
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 214
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Story4 out of 5 stars 216
A current pro player takes fans on a pseudonymous trip through one of the most infamous years of football - the very long, sometimes funny, often controversial 2013-2014 season - sharing raucous, behind-the-scenes, on-the-field, and in-the-locker-room truth about life in the National Football League.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Really fucking good.
- By K. Cabrera on 01-13-16
By: Johnny Anonymous
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Third Base
- By: Heidi McLaughlin
- Narrated by: Alastair Haynesbridge
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 71
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Story4 out of 5 stars 59
Since becoming a major league baseball player, I've learned a few hard lessons. Like never give out your home address on social media (sorry, Mom). Never shoot your mouth off without thinking...and never, ever let your personal life interfere with your game. But then I saw her - sitting alone behind the enemy dugout, watching me - and I just had to meet this girl.
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2 out of 5 stars
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🙁...
- By Isabox on 07-20-17
By: Heidi McLaughlin
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Slow Getting Up
- A Story of NFL Survival from the Bottom of the Pile
- By: Nate Jackson
- Narrated by: Nate Jackson
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 275
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 248
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 251
Nate Jackson’s Slow Getting Up is an unvarnished and uncensored memoir of everyday life in the most popular sports league in America - and the most damaging to its players - the National Football League. After playing college ball at a tiny Division III school, Jackson, a receiver, signed as a free agent with the San Francisco 49ers, before moving to the Denver Broncos. For six seasons in the NFL as a Bronco, he alternated between the practice squad and the active roster, eventually winning a starting spot - a short, tenuous career emblematic of the average pro player.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Almost unlistenable...AND I'M A DENVER DIEHARD!
- By JROD2133 on 07-02-14
By: Nate Jackson
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Catching Caden
- The Perfect Game Series
- By: Samantha Christy
- Narrated by: Erin Mallon, Zachary Webber
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 915
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 835
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 833
It was my home run ball that shattered her face. Right along with her modeling career. Now it's my mission to help her rebuild her life. And get her to love the game that she hates. The game that dictates my life both on and off the field. But when the lines of our friendship become blurred, I worry she'll just be another casualty of my three-strikes rule. The rule I have to protect my money, my future, my heart. No girl has ever broken it. I've never wanted one to. Until now.
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5 out of 5 stars
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- By Pauline on 10-25-18
By: Samantha Christy
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Open
- An Autobiography
- By: Andre Agassi
- Narrated by: Erik Davies
- Length: 18 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,148
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,928
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5,912
From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography. Agassi brings a near-photographic memory to every pivotal match and every relationship. Never before has the inner game of tennis and the outer game of fame been so precisely limned. In clear, taut prose, Agassi evokes his loyal brother, his wise coach, his gentle trainer, all the people who help him regain his balance and find love at last with Stefanie Graf.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just an Incredible Story!
- By Patrick on 12-13-09
By: Andre Agassi
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Blitzed
- By: Lauren Landish
- Narrated by: Melissa Moran
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 143
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Story4 out of 5 stars 130
I'm normally not into jocks, but when Troy Wood asks me out, I feel like I'm the Chosen One. After all, he's hot as hell and Silver Lake's best athlete, practically the king of campus. God's gift to women - that's what they call him, but I'll make a gentleman out of him. Everything is perfect, and he already practically has his ticket to the big leagues. There's just one little problem. I'm hiding a secret that could destroy him and his future. I can't tell him. I can't tell him that I'm pregnant with his baby.
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3 out of 5 stars
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2 Blized Stars
- By whatcha.listening.to on 07-24-16
By: Lauren Landish
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Odd Jobs
- By: Ben Lieberman
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4 out of 5 stars 57
Hauling cow carcasses through a freezing warehouse isn't Kevin Davenport's idea of summer fun. But it's not his first crappy job. And with tuition due and his widowed mom strapped for cash, he's in no position to turn down good pay. But there's more than meatpacking happening at Kosher World Meat Factory. And the truth isn't quite so – well - kosher. Turns out the business is a front for a criminal syndicate. While working at the corrupt meat factory, Kevin discovers who killed his father, and now all bets are off.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nonstop entertainment!
- By shelley on 03-17-18
By: Ben Lieberman
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My Fight / Your Fight
- By: Ronda Rousey
- Narrated by: Ronda Rousey, R.C. Bray
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 638
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 566
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 564
In this inspiring and moving book, Ronda Rousey, Olympic medalist in judo, reigning UFC women's bantamweight champion, and Hollywood star, describes her difficult path to glory. Marked by her signature charm, barbed wit, and undeniable power, Rousey's account of the toughest fights of her life - in and outside the Octagon - reveals the painful loss of her father when she was eight years old, the intensity of her judo training, her battles with love, her meteoric rise to fame, and the secret behind her undefeated UFC record.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazingly written
- By Denise Grabofsky on 11-20-16
By: Ronda Rousey
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Heroine
- By: Mindy McGinnis
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 280
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 245
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Story5 out of 5 stars 244
When a car crash sidelines Mickey just before softball season, she has to find a way to hold on to her spot as the catcher for a team expected to make a historic tournament run. Behind the plate is the only place she’s ever felt comfortable, and the painkillers she’s been prescribed can help her get there. The pills do more than take away pain; they make her feel good. But as the pressure to be Mickey Catalan heightens, her need increases, and it becomes less about pain and more about want, something that could send her spiraling out of control.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Intense and Unapologetic
- By Erin on 03-13-19
By: Mindy McGinnis
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Given the Circumstances
- By: Brad Vance
- Narrated by: Brad Vance
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 66
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 65
When Roger and Brian lock eyes on the first day of school, a friendship is born. Both men are hungry for connection - Brian needs the acceptance, encouragement, and support he never had growing up, and when he finds out his new best friend is gay, it brings his own sexual identity into question. Roger needs a big brother, a best friend, but that will never be enough, especially not when he's this close to big, strong, handsome Brian.
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4 out of 5 stars
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such a great love story
- By TinkerMel on 09-26-16
By: Brad Vance
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The Year We Fell Down
- By: Sarina Bowen
- Narrated by: Nick Podehl, Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,390
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,233
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,224
She expected to start Harkness College as a varsity ice hockey player. But a serious accident means that Corey Callahan will start school in a wheelchair instead. Across the hall, in the other handicapped-accessible dorm room, lives the too-delicious-to-be-real Adam Hartley, another would-be hockey star with his leg broken in two places. He's way out of Corey's league. Also, he's taken. Nevertheless, an unlikely alliance blooms between Corey and Hartley in the "gimp ghetto" of McHerrin Hall.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great 1st book in a the series! Loving It!
- By ❤️Cyndi Marie❤️🎧Audiobook Addicts🎧 on 09-15-16
By: Sarina Bowen
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Parker
- Face-Off Series, Book 1
- By: Jillian Quinn
- Narrated by: Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 161
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 157
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 157
After another scandal sends me packing to play hockey in Philadelphia, my new agent wants me to clean up my act. Charlotte says I party harder than I play. And she's right. So, she offers to help me get my life and career back on track if I move in with her. I thought I could make it through one week without wanting my agent. But I was wrong. As we grow closer, we push the limits and test her rule about dating clients. To keep Charlotte from losing her job, we have to keep our relationship a secret. But can our love survive once it turns into my next scandal?
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5 out of 5 stars
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very good
- By Kindle Customer on 10-19-22
By: Jillian Quinn
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The Game Changer
- By: Kay Simone
- Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 452
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 426
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 425
Malcolm Rodgers loses everything in one week. The quarterback is benched with an injury the same week his fiancée breaks off their engagement. Lost, hurting, and stuck on the sidelines, Malcolm must spend his days in physical therapy with the one person who refuses to let him get back in the game: cocky Vance Coberly. Vance is out and proud in the macho world of pro football. As the top physical therapist in his field, flirting with football players is strictly out of bounds. But the rules of play all change when Vance meets Malcolm.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic start - fizzle ending - great narration!
- By Morgan A Skye on 03-29-17
By: Kay Simone
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The Playmaker
- By: Andrew Grey
- Narrated by: John Solo
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 100
Professional football player Hunter Davis is learning that saying he's gay is very different from actively being in a relationship with another man - especially in the eyes of his teammates and fans. So when Hunter needs a personal assistant to keep him organized, he asks for a woman in order to prevent tongues from wagging.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Monty is a riot!
- By Morgan A Skye on 03-08-17
By: Andrew Grey
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On the Surface
- By: Kate Willoughby
- Narrated by: Dee J. Adams
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 126
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 116
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Story4 out of 5 stars 117
NHL player Tim Hollander lost his temper one time and threw a water bottle at an abusive fan. After "Bottlegate", he's traded to the San Diego Barracudas, where he'll need to keep the bad publicity to a minimum while proving he can still compete with the younger guys on the ice. Erin Collier is a pediatric nurse who's never seen a hockey game but gets in line for Tim's autograph at a PR event in hopes of impressing the doctor she has a crush on. When an obnoxious fan gets pushy toward Erin, Tim rushes to defend the pretty stranger.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Feminist grade: F- Full of misogyny
- By Liana on 01-28-20
By: Kate Willoughby
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The Baller
- By: Vi Keeland
- Narrated by: Mackenzie Cartwright, Sean Crisden
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,614
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Performance