Roger Kahn's first major league hit was a grand slam: The Boys of
Summer, his runaway best seller that immortalized the 1950s Brooklyn
Dodgers. Now Kahn does the same for players whose moment in the sun has
not yet arrived. Good Enough to Dream is the story of his year as
owner of the Class A, very minor league, Utica Blue Sox. Most of the
Blue Sox will never make it to the majors, but they all share the dream
that links the small child in the sandlot with the bonus baby who has
just smacked one out of the stadium. It's a dream Kahn learned from his
father, and in the course of a season, passes on to his daughter--hours
of practice for a moment of poetry; a hard living but a touch of legend.
Good Enough to Dream presents baseball unadorned, a game still sweet
enough to lure grown men to leagues where first-class transportation is
an old school bus and the infield is likely to be the consistency of
thick soup. It is a funny and poignant story of one season and one
special team that will make us hesitate before we ever call anything
"bush league" again.
