Doug Ernest

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Doug Ernest

Doug Ernest’s love for America’s Pastime has lasted a lifetime. He began playing baseball in little leagues and concluded in college. Doug watches the sport on TV, plays fantasy baseball and reads all the baseball news he can find. In this novel, he writes about the sport with authenticity based on knowledge, experience and a real passion for the game. Doug was inspired to write this story while watching a Baltimore Orioles baseball game. That day, a rookie made his major league debut and a question slid into Doug’s mind: What had that young man gone through to receive “The Call to Major League Baseball?” It was the genesis of this book.

Doug lives in Virginia Beach with his wife, Virginia, and their dogs, Riley and Coco. He is a proud father of two grown daughters and grandfather to six grandchildren.

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The Call
To Major League Baseball

Young baseball players dream of one thing: to get the call up to the Majors. When, as a fan, five year old Hunter Austin experiences his first professional baseball game, he proclaims to the folks in the bleachers that, one day, he’ll get The Call, play baseball on TV and have his face on baseball cards. While the laughter of the crowd doesn’t faze him, it’s hard to keep his faith when he hears his father say, “You’re too small, too weak, and not good enough.”

The Call explores the challenges of an overlooked and unappreciated second son as he keeps working toward his goal despite ongoing adversity, criticism and rejection. With the faith and support of a loving woman, Hunter finds the determination to practice with purpose and play with passion—and keep the dreams of his youth alive. This emotionally poignant novel illustrates what one can achieve when they live a purpose driven life.

The Call is an imaginative coming-of-age story that shares the field with historical figures from the game of baseball. It is a mixture of imagination and fact through the use of historical fiction which transports readers to another time and place, either real or imagined.