Orioles' Big Bird : Back Story Publishing, LLC : 9780999396766 : 0999396765 : 06 Aug 2018 : Remember the "can't miss" prospect, the best kid baseball player you ever saw? This is the story of how a young man made a name for himself, then saw his dreams evaporate, then found a new path to success, only to have his world turned upside down, multiple times ... and then succeeded brilliantly. It's about Baltimore Orioles slugger Mark Trumbo. Written by the award-winning Baltimore Sun columnist Peter Schmuck, Orioles' Big Bird traces the long road to the major leagues that even the best young players have to take. But there were great memories along the way. Like the time that Trumbo, then 11 years old and playing in the Villa Park Little League in Southern California, hammered a pitch not just beyond the fence, but past the parking lot and into the swimming pool of the Christensen family, more than 300 feet away! Taught to play by his father, Grant, the young Trumbo was a star in the