Includes index

Josh Booty: Mr. Everything -- David Clyde: the phenomenal cautionary tale -- Brian Cole: a sad story of a great player taken too soon -- Ben Grieve: the underrated player -- Cale Iorg: good baseball player-better human being -- Brian Milner: it won't ever happen again -- Ron Necciai: pure gas and class -- Dan Pasqua: a baseball Paul Bunyan -- Brien Taylor: a December night detour to greatness -- Other incredible "what if" players -- Glossary of baseball terms

"Baseball's Great Expectations features the fascinating stories of baseball players who were on the cusp of greatness, who everyone expected to be the next superstar, but never quite lived up to the hype-or through tragic circumstances, never had the chance"--