Description The best writer in a baseball uniform.
--Tyler Kepner, The New York Times After nearly a decade in the minors, Dirk Hayhurst defied the odds to climb onto the pitcher's mound for the Toronto Blue Jays.
Newly married, with a big league paycheck and a brand new house, Hayhurst was ready for a great season in the Bigs.
Then fate delivered a crushing hit.
Hayhurst blew out his pitching shoulder in an insane off-season workout program.
After surgery.