During a 16-year baseball career, Conor Nash avoided the trap of alcohol and drugs. His drug was baseball. And what can an addict do when he realizes he will never be that high again? He climbs Camelback Mountain with a bottle of champagne and seeks an answer: Who is Conor Nash, if he can’t pitch?

Funny,Drama,Family

Conor Nash, carrying a bottle of champagne, climbs Camelback Mountain in Phoenix to confront his "baseball angel" seeking accountability for a career-ending injury after finally reaching the Major Leagues following 16 years of releases along the way.

Drunk and alone in desert darkness, Conor is confronted by the vision of a best friend who committed suicide. The vision helps Conor realize his anger is driving a wedge by Conor and his wife, Kate, who has been with him every step of his baseball journey.

Phoenix, Seattle, Tokyo, San Francisco

Yes

Internal Journey/Rebirth

Philosophical Questions

Language/Profanity

Name: Conor Nash

Age: Follows Conor from seven years old to his 40's

Gender: Male

Role: Protagonist

Key Traits: Aspiring,Aggressive,Complex,Confident,Underdog,Masculine,Outspoken,Funny,Strong Moral Code

Name: Kate Nash

Age: Teenager through her 40's

Gender: Female

Role: Emotional

Key Traits: Confident,Empathetic,Faithful,Honorable,Sexy,Religious,Outspoken,Romantic,Strong Moral Code

Name: Brad

Age: Teenager through his 40's

Gender: Lgbt

Role: logical

Key Traits: Charming,Empathetic,Gracious,Educated,Honorable,Insecure,Selfless,Funny

Name: A.J.

Age: Teenager through 40's

Gender: Male

Role: sidekick

Key Traits: Adventurous,Aspiring,Badass,Aggressive,Charming,Complex,Confident,Masculine,Outspoken

The Conman is a funny and poignant story about the price of single-minded purpose. Over a sixteen-year professional baseball career, Conor Nash persevered through failure, disappointment, petty vendettas, betrayal and a crippling psychological malady called the yips. At last, after earning a precious nine months in the Majors when he is a decade too old, he finally confronts an obstacle he cannot overcome. During the months following a career-ending injury, he becomes bitter and withdrawn, threating relationships with his wife and a group of life-long friends who have supported his career through all the peaks and valleys. The story is rich in baseball history and accurately depicts the brutal struggle and petty politics of the minor leagues.

Mike Murphey is a native of eastern New Mexico and spent almost thirty years as an award-winning newspaper journalist in the Southwest and Pacific Northwest. Following his retirement from the newspaper business, he and his wife Nancy entered in a seventeen-year partnership with the late Dave Henderson, all-star centerfielder for the Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox and Seattle Mariners. Mike loves fiction, cats, baseball and sailing. He splits his time between Spokane, Washington, and Phoenix, Arizona, where he enjoys life as a writer and old-man baseball player. The Conman is based on the Life of Keith Comstock. Keith pitched professionally for sixteen years, including Major League time with The Seattle Mariners, the San Diego Padres, the San Francisco Giants and the Minnesota Twins. Following his retirement in 1992, Keith has held minor league coaching and managing positions with several organizations. For the past decade he has served as the rehabilitation instructor for the Texas Rangers.

Age: 18-34,35-54,55+

Target Gender: Universal

Information not completed

Status: Yes: with a Publisher

Publisher: Acorn Publishing, LLC

Year Published: 2019

Yes

978-1947392656