The Wax Pack: On The Open Road In Search Of Baseball's Afterlife

"The Wax Pack begins with one unopened pack of baseball cards from 1986 – and an ancient slice of chalky gum. Curious to know what happened to more than a dozen former baseball players after they hung up their caps and gloves, writer Brad Balukjian embarks on a cross-country quest to find out. It’s part baseball history, part personal travelogue, part rumination on the passage of time. But what makes The Wax Pack so compelling is that it’s not particularly interested in the heroic rise of a champion, nor the tragic decline of a baseball career, but rather the everyday lives that unfold after the fleeting spotlight of the big leagues dims."