They Don't Play Hockey in Heaven: A Dream, A Team, and My Comeback Season
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- Synopsis
- Ken Baker wanted nothing more than to play ice hockey with the pros--until a brain tumor cut his dreams short while in college. After surgery and several years of rehab, Baker, who in high school was a top prospect for the U.S. Olympic team, put his successful journalism career on hold to attempt the seemingly impossible: a comeback. He moved away from his family to become the third-string goalie for the Bakersfield Condors, an AA-level minor-league team in the dusty oil town of Bakersfield, California. At the age of thirty-one, Baker became the oldest rookie in all of pro-hockey, facing 1000-m.p.h. slap shots and long bus rides, hostile fans and cheap motel rooms, body bruises and battle-worn teammates.
- Copyright:
- 2003
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 282 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781592286058
- Publisher:
- Globe Pequot Press, The
- Date of Addition:
- 03/02/10
- Copyrighted By:
- Ken Baker
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Sports, Biographies and Memoirs
- Submitted By:
- Worth Trust
- Proofread By:
- Worth Trust
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.