Bullpen Gospels:

From the humble heights of a Class-A pitcher''s mound to the deflating lows of sleeping on his gun-toting grandmother''s air mattress, veteran reliever Dirk Hayhurst steps out of the bullpen to deliver the best pitch of his career--a raw, unflinching and surprisingly moving account of his life in the minors.

I enjoyed the visualizations, maybe a little too much, and would stop only when I felt I''d...