Venezuelan Bust, Baseball Boom by Milton H. Jamail

“If you know nothing about Andrés Reiner—and chances are you don’t—know this: Without him, the best left-handed pitcher in baseball today would probably still be hidden high in the Venezuelan Andes. . . . It’s appropriate, then, that Milton H. Jamail’s long-overdue study . . . has Reiner not only in its title, but at its core as well.”—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times

“The most welcomed arrival this spring . . . . It’s obvious once you start reading that Jamail . . . did indeed work on this book for almost 20 years. It’s thorough, includes interviews with dozens of sources and is . . . . extremely readable, with lots of stories about traveling with scouts to the backcountry of South America’s baseball-loving country.”—David King, San Antonio Express-News