Beyond the Last Inning: Life and Careers After Playing Professional Baseball

By Zak Ford

For former ballplayers, a career transition can be more complex than a mere job switch. Imagine excelling at something since you were a child that becomes your job and reaching great professional heights as a young adult--then, often within just a few years, realizing that everything you've worked for is over and likely not on your terms. What follows is not only the need to find a new profession but also to forge a new identity.

Through 49 first-person stories of major and minor leaguers, this book gives readers a greater understanding of the challenges faced by players when they hang up their spikes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476699623
• ISBN13: 9781476699622
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up