Dirk Hayhurst Unplugged- Minor League Extortion, Porn In Broadcast Booth & More

New York Times best selling author and former major league baseball player and broadcaster Dirk Hayhurst openly talks about the "un-glorifying" life of a minor league baseball player, the transition to broadcasting and the extension of the sexual harassment/ misogyny of the locker room into the broadcast booth with Jonah Sigel In The Pressrow brought to you by Bleav.

While others in minor league baseball were holding on to dreams and living the stereotypical life of a minor leagues, Dirk Hayhurst was writing down stories that turned into best selling novels. Keith Olbermann said of one book, it "might be one of the best baseball books written in forty years." That specific book, The Bullpen Gospels, debuted on the Paperback Non-fiction New York Times Best Sellers List at #19.

Hayhurst talks about how awful and unfair the minor league baseball system is, how he blew it in Toronto (his words) and how one of his media outlets resembled what many would have considered akin to a scene from Animal House, including when he told his bosses of the behavior he was told that if continued with his complaint he would be fired.

Hayhurst was loved by fans for being upfront and honest, and in his own words he took that too far and it cost him his broadcast career. An MBA and marketing career later, he is still beyond bright and articulate, a pleasure to listen to and 100% authentic.

Dirk Hayhurst should be on a sports network somewhere. First, he is here.