Tim Hagerty has broadcasted professional baseball games for 18 years. He has written hundreds of freelance national baseball articles forBaseball Digest, MLB.com, Sporting News, The Hardball Times, and other publications.
'[A] relentlessly entertaining collection of vignettes of strange and sometimes surprising moments in the minors.' * -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel * 'A collection of memorable stories . . . the minors are fertile ground for good tales.' * -Boston Globe * 'A great, easy to digest read. It's a lot of fun.' * -Matt Vasgersian, MLB Network * 'Go get this book!' * -Bill Ripken, 12-year major league player and current MLB Network analyst * 'I devoured Tim's book over the course of a couple of days. It's fantastic... I love the illustrations. For anyone out there who has a child in their life who loves baseball, this is a book for all ages.' * -Rob Neyer, former ESPN and Fox Sports baseball writer and the author of the CASEY Award winning book Powerball: Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game * 'I love the format. It's bite-sized stories with lots of cool cartoon drawings. It would make a great gift for a baseball lover or anyone who enjoys humor.' * -Amy Lawrence, CBS Sports Radio host * 'I love this book. It's fantastic because of the short length of the stories and how much fun they all are.' * -Matt Pauley, KMOX Radio * 'It's like a minor-league Weird and Wild column. Full of amazing and hilarious tidbits. Great stuff from Tim Hagerty!' * -Jayson Stark * 'The ideal bedside reading book for any good baseball fan. It is a phenomenally researched compendium of all sorts of amazing anecdotes tumbling out of minor league ball dating from the 1880s to the current day.' * -Bob Ryan, The Boston Globe and ESPN's Around the Horn * 'Tim Hagerty's collection of anecdotes is a must-read for fans of Minor League Baseball.' * -Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune * 'We received six baseball books in July and the absolute favorite was Tales from the Dugout: 1,001 Humorous, Inspirational and Wild Anecdotes from Minor League Baseball. Hundreds of stories we wish we had on Baseball Almanac. Great work.' * -Baseball Almanac * 'Filled with wonderful stories that could only come from the world of Minor League Baseball. It's a joy!' * -Jesse Agler, San Diego Padres broadcaster *