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Dirk Hayhurst

ダーク・ヘイハースト　/　だーく・へいはーすと

American baseball player

March 24, 1981 (age 45)　・　Canton, Ohio, United States

Ohio
baseball player
writer

My Take

What draws me to Hayhurst is the rare double talent of doing a thing and then writing honestly about it. Plenty of big leaguers retire and let the memories fade, but this Ohio-born pitcher turned his journey through the Padres and Blue Jays into four candid books about life in pro baseball. I admire that he refused to romanticize the grind. Reaching the mound and then mastering the page is an unusual second act, and I find his willingness to reckon with the unglamorous parts genuinely valuable. He gives the lower rungs of the sport a voice they rarely get.

Overview

Dirk Von Hayhurst (born March 24, 1981) is an American author and broadcaster, and formerly a professional baseball pitcher. Hayhurst played in Major League Baseball for the San Diego Padres in 2008 and for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2009. Following the end of his playing career, Hayhurst wrote four books about his experiences in professional baseball.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Dirk Hayhurst
Name (Japanese): ダーク・ヘイハースト
Reading: だーく・へいはーすと
Born: March 24, 1981 (age 45)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Rooster
Origin: Canton, Ohio, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: baseball player / writer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Canton South High School
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Official sitehttps://dirkhayhurst.com/
Xhttps://x.com/TheGarfoose
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88

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