Chosen in the 30th round of the Major League Baseball draft, the New York Mets' Benny Agbayani spent years fighting his way up through the minor league ranks until persistence and good timing finally paid off with a shot at the "bigs." "In all my years in baseball," says Mets manager Bobby Valentine, "I never met a player with a bigger heart than Benny Agbayani." Here, in his own words, is the dramatic, action-packed story of how "the Hawaiian Survivor" followed his dream to become a clutch hero and fan favorite, in the biggest baseball town of them all.
Author: Benny Agbayani, with Shayne Fujii
Softcover
120pp