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The 33-Year-Old Rookie: How I Finally Made It to the Big Leagues After Eleven Years in the Minors | 
| Author: Chris Coste
Publisher: Oasis Audio
Category: Book
List Price: $27.99
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 852894
Format: Audiobook, Cd
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 7
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.4 x 5.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 1598593897
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.357092
EAN: 9781598593891
ASIN: 1598593897
Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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Product Description
Chris Coste dreamed of playing major-league baseball from the age of seven. But after eleven grueling years in the minors, a spot on a major-leage roster still seemed just out of reach - until that fatefull call came from the Philadelphia Phillies in May 2006. At age thirty-three ("going on eighty"), Coste was finally heading to the big time. The 33-Year-Old Rookie is like a real-life Rocky, an unforgettable and inspirational story of one man's unwavering pursuit of a lifelong goal. Beginning in a single-parent home in Fargo, North Dakota, and ending behind home plate on the flawless diamond of the Phillies' Citizens Bank Park - where fans and teammates call him "Chris Clutch" because of his knack for getting timely hits - this intimate account of Coste's baseball odyssey is a powerful story of determination, perseverance, and passion.
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 A reason to root for the Phillies November 26, 2008
Good story about a guy from my home state of North Dakota. He is very down to earth in his book. I admire his perseverance through all his struggles.And now in 2008 he gets to wear that World Series ring.Congratulations. Really a good book.
What a book October 6, 2008
This really is a great book for diehard baseball fans and casual fans alike. Phillies fans will love this book but non-philly fans will find this hard to dislike. Being a lifelong Phillies fan I may be a little bias but this truely is a wounderful book and worth every penny.
Great book!!! July 1, 2008
I bought this for my husband for father's day. He's a huge Phillies fan, but he's said that even if he wasn't he would love this book. It's an inspiring story and a quick read. Would recommend to anyone, even if you're not a Phillies fan.
 How to get to the majors June 28, 2008
I tore through this book on the beach in less than 2 days. A credit to his wife Marcia for sticking with him and making sure he never gave up on his dream. Anyone with, or who once ad, major league dreams will appreciate this book. A great beach read.
Light and interesting reivew of MLB June 20, 2008
Sadly the business of baseball is painted in this self penned tome by Phillies catcher, Chris Coste. Certainly if Coste had been a professional football (American) player, he would have been in much worse shape. But spending a few years being a professional, albeit by today's standards underpaid, baseball player on his hometown minor league baseball team, the Fargo Morehead RedHawks, precluded Mr. Coste from being exposed to MLB as a teenager; as most who enter it are. The trials and trevails are explained to both the novice and the not-novice alike. A little like Muhammed Ali, making a movie while still a professional boxer, you hope the ending of this book is really just the beginning of a great career. Especially if you are a Phillies fan.
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