{"product_id":"nine-bucks-a-pound-9780615939155","title":"Nine Bucks a Pound","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Bailey's second novel mixes baseball, romantic tension and testosterone into a satisfying cocktail of prose. It bubbles and percolates with action and tension.\" \u003ci\u003e-Tampa Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the moment he's drafted, Del Tanner shows the Twins a smooth left-handed stroke and a slick glove at first base. But his path is blocked by players who possess the one thing he lacks-power. When a teammate's injury is the only thing to spare him on cutdown day, the message is clear: Put more balls over the fence or find a new line of work. His aspiring agent connects him with a steroid dealer operating out of the back room of a South Florida funeral parlor. After a winter in Mexico, pumping iron by day and riding the bench by night, Del reports to spring training sporting twenty additional pounds of muscle. Suddenly a legitimate power threat, he ascends from the ranks of the unknown to American League Rookie of the Year. Within days of being so honored, allegations surface of his performance-enhancing drug use, forcing him on the defensive as he fights to restore his reputation and repair his personal relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Bailey hasn't just given us a great read. He's given us an important window into a topic we can't seem to stop talking about.\" -JAYSON STARK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Bailey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sun Field Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780615939155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Bailey is the author of The Greatest Show on Dirt (2012), set in historic Durham Athletic Park. He is a regular contributor to Baseball America magazine, for whom he spent six years covering minor league baseball. He lives in Rochester, N.Y., with his wife and son. Nine Bucks a Pound is his second novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sun Field Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43059534037107,"sku":"9.78062E+12","price":19.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_83df452d-2ab1-4cbd-b2a3-6914b77f7682.jpg?v=1747307214","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/nine-bucks-a-pound-9780615939155","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}