The minor leagues are core Americana: lazy afternoons, affordable tickets, up-close seats. And yet this leisurely facade conceals a world of cut-throat competition as minor-leaguers battle to get into the majors. In Knocking on Heaven's Door: Six Minor Leaguers in Search of the Baseball Dream, Marty Dobrow explores this world by following the fortunes of six players, all represented by the same team of agents.

"Marty Dobrow is a patient listener and sure-eyed observer as he sketches these portraits of a half-dozen people beguiled by baseball.The result is as lively, intimate and engrossing a book as Hoop Dreams was a movie.'' --Alexander Wolff, senior writer, Sports Illustrated