The Tao of the Backup Catcher: Playing Baseball for the Love of the Game

＂This fascinating book chronicles the unsung men of baseball who serve the job, the hardships they face, and their love for a game that would not always love them back--told partly through the experiences of an MLB veteran＂--

Tim Brown has covered baseball for more than 30 years and has written two New York Times bestsellers: The Phenomenon with Rick Ankiel and Imperfect with Jim Abbott. In 2016, he was awarded first place in beat writing by the Associated Press Sports Editors.

Erik Kratz played baseball for 14 different MLB organizations over a 19-year career--13 years in the minor leagues and 6 years total in the big leagues--many of them as a backup catcher.