The American dream: from Perth in Sacramento is the story of ballplayer who grew up surfing and playing cricket with his father who is baseball. Player, Damian, turns out to be a fine player and the characters on the American team to play in the minor leagues.
It's an interesting story about traveling to Australia, the United States to play ball. The story shows the boy struggling to find its way into the world of baseball. Seen as an outsider, he must work hard to impress and move up the ranks to his goal of making the major leagues one day.
The story takes place in the early 1990s before the Australian Baseball League was formed. So, Damian learns the ropes of the game through the tournament in Australia. He quickly rises in the ranks of Australian players and was soon signed to minor league deal with one of the fictional Sacramento Sea lions minor league teams.
Damion travel throughout the United States to play in small towns in Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee, and others getting a good dose of small town America, which is very different from what it used to be back home in Perth, Australia. You will be able to ride along with Damion as he learns a few new things in life like driving a stick shift.
The book focuses not only on the baseball side of life for Damion, and the trial he was in his love life. He left the girl back home and a long distance relationship was too much to handle for the two of them.
There is humor in the book as well. Every time you get a bunch of young guys together for a long time, funny things will happen. Thrown in some alcohol, and things can get out of hand for a few ballplayers. This is a lighter side of life ballplayer that he shows here. Rent loose is something that every player must learn to work at some point in order to cope with the stress of work. It comes as a joy and each player deals with stress in their own way.
The story does not end with Damion in the lower leagues, but follows his story to retirement and beyond. I do not want to give away just how much he gets or how long he plays because I think it would be far from the story. However, I will say that he did not break out one years.
This is a story for any baseball fan. You will be able to see the game from the perspective of another country. The language used to describe certain parts of the game are different from what an American might say that makes it that much more interesting. Even the casual sports fan will enjoy the journey of this young man because it is more than just baseball. So go out and pick up a copy today.
Eric Bynum, also known as The Baseball journeyman, the ESL teacher in South Korea. His goal is to see baseball in many countries as possible. Starting in South Korea, he will leave the whole world watching baseball in many places as possible.
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