by Dirk Hayhurst | Jan 23, 2013 | baseball, Books
“Your mom called me while you were out.” Said Bonnie. “Did you tell her I was dead?” “No, I told her you were at the gym.” “What’d she want? No. No, don’t answer that. I know what she wanted.” I took near drum sized canister of protein from a cabinet in the kitchen... by Dirk Hayhurst | Jan 22, 2013 | baseball, Books, Rays
What I really needed was a reason to get up and hit the gym. A better reason. My agent would advise me to keep training as if I had a job. Coaches would say a prepared man creates his own luck. But my heart, that silly, skittish, vessel of illogic kept telling that if... by Dirk Hayhurst | Dec 8, 2012 | baseball, Books, MLB
Chapter 20 June 2, 2009 — The Previous Season We flew back to Vegas on a Southwest-evening knuckleball. Hot desert air ran intoreacted against cool mountain breezes, slapping our jet all over the sky. Nothing so rough enoughas to stop the boys from seducing... 
by Dirk Hayhurst | Mar 2, 2012 | baseball, Books, General
For our third date, my husband, Dirk, took me to a batting cage. “Cute,” I thought, “the active, sporty date. Well, as long as he doesn’t mind me getting sweaty, it could be fun. Why not?” Then he invited my mother along, which, if your goal is romance, tends to put a... by Dirk Hayhurst | Feb 20, 2012 | baseball, Books, MILB
You know what, I hope you read my new book, Out Of My League. Besides the obvious reasons that I want the book to do well, and that it’s my main source of revenue at this juncture, I want you to read it because I have something to say to you through it. I did an... ![Out Of My League, Chapter 64]()
by Dirk Hayhurst | Jan 28, 2012 | baseball, Books
Chapter Sixty-four I got the call again that night. It was getting easier to manage the big league stadium factor now that I’d made a few trips to the mound. I wasn’t comfortable by any stretch, but I did make it through the eighth inning without much trouble, which...