A sportswriter basically follows around a fairly newer sports agent and his team in 2004-2005 time frame. Interesting with the names of players--lots of minor leaguers that basically get cups of coffee or maybe not even that. Good read about some of the nuts & bolts of being an agent. The agent Matt Sosnick had already made a lot of money & sounds like also came from family of money, he got out of his business life & switched to being an agent. While at this point it didn't sound like his agency was making much money, it seemed to be about laying the groundwork for the future. His biggest name player was Dontrelle Willis coming off his rookie of the year & helping the Marlins to their World Series title. Was fun looking up the different players mentioned. I kept from checking out agent until after the book was over--sounds like no longer an agent and had marital problems that might have forced him out of being an agent--hope all is well for him.
I had already posted it & it was the only copy in PBS system & got requested today so will get it mailed off in the next few days.
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