Million Dollar Arm: Sometimes to Win, You Have to Change the Game Audiobook (Free)
- George Newbern
- 4 h 38 min
- Simon & Schuster Audio
- 2014-04-01
Summary:
Through the farmlands of India to the fields of major little league baseball, this fascinating memoir tells the storyplot of a guy who forever changed the lives of two talented teenagers through a pitching contest in India. The official tie-in book to Disney’s major film, starring Jon Hamm.
A TRUE STORY OF LOCATING THE AMERICAN Fantasy . ABROAD
India is a country with more than 1 billion people, a fanatical country wide cricket obsession, and exactly no talent scouts. There, superstar sports about Million Money Arm: Occasionally to Win, You Have to Change the Game agent J. B. Bernstein understood that he may find the Yao Ming of football- somebody with a solid arm and more than enough raw skill to pitch in the main leagues. Almost no one in India is familiar with the overall game, but Bernstein acquired heard enough instructors swear that in the event that you gave them a man who throws 100 miles one hour, they could show him how to pitch. So in 2007, Bernstein flew to Mumbai using a radar weapon and a plan to find his diamond in the rough. His idea was The Mil Dollar Arm, a reality tv competition with a huge cash award and an opportunity to become the initial native of India to sign a contract with an American major-league team.
The effect is a funny and inspiring story about three guys transformed: Bernstein, the consummate bachelor and shrewd businessman, and Dinesh and Rinku, the two young men from small farming villages whom he brought home to California. Mil Dollar Arm is definitely a timeless reflection on baseball and the American wish, and a tale of victory over incredible odds. But, most importantly, it’s about the limitless possibilities inside each one of us.
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