Condizione: very good, good. First Printing. 25 cm, 334, illus., glossary, small tear in front DJ, pencil erasure on front endpaper. Foreword by Mike Capps, Cable Ace award winner. Compelling work for baseball fans, with many details on how players are picked for the big leagues. Red Murff spent a remarkable 33-year career (1960-1993) as perhaps the most successful talent scout in history, signing over 200 players to professional contracts. His recruits include Nolan Ryan, Jerry Koosman, Jerry Grote, and Kenny Boswell.