Pitching to the Corners
My Post–MLB Career Abroad
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About the Book
Most professional baseball players hang up their spikes for good after their time in the major or minor leagues. Don August chose a different path. In 1989, August was the Milwaukee Brewers Opening Day starting pitcher. The year before, he went 13–7 and finished fourth in the balloting for American League Rookie of the Year. He was the Brewers’ Ace—and then, suddenly, he wasn’t.
By 1992, August was a free agent looking for an opportunity that no big league team was willing to offer. After playing winter ball in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, he signed to play in Mexico. After refusing to be a replacement player during the Major League Baseball lockout in 1994, he continued his career in Taiwan, learning new languages, earning multiple awards, making game show experiences, and surviving earthquakes, gambling scandals and a hurricane. After five years, August left Taiwan, and ended up in Europe, pitching his team to the Italian League title. This book is the complete autobiography of a singular baseball player, with a storied international career to which few players can lay claim.
About the Author(s)
Bibliographic Details
Don August with Mark Knudson
Foreword by Dan Plesac
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 229
Bibliographic Info: 38 photos, index
Copyright Date: 2024
pISBN: 978-1-4766-9307-1
eISBN: 978-1-4766-5381-5
Imprint: McFarland
Table of Contents
Foreword by Dan Plesac 1
Introduction 3
One. Break on Through 5
Two. Who’ll Stop the Rain? 22
Three. Travelin’ Man 36
Four. Speaking in Tongues 57
Five. Cheeseburger in Paradise 73
Six. Family of Man 90
Seven. The Replacements 106
Eight. Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man 120
Nine. People Are Strange 135
Ten. Scenes from the Italian Restaurant 152
Eleven. The End 170
Twelve. Glory Days 196
Epilogue: With a Little Help from My Friends 209
Index 217