David Ross, maybe the most interesting backup catcher ever, is writing a book

The 15-year MLB catcher was long known as one of the best teammates in baseball

Cubs backup catcher David Ross got to retire a champion after hitting a home run in Game 7 of the World Series and is now going to have a book about his life in baseball.

Here's a shot (Amazon.com link to pre-order here):

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Now, allow me to offer up my thoughts as to why this will be an important read from a fan perspective. No, Ross wasn't a great player. No one ever claimed he was. He was celebrated this past year by his teammates and even opposing teams on many occasions because he's a great person and teammate.

Isn't that more important in the grand scheme of life?

Some players are born with less God-given talent than others. One can control what kind of person and teammate he is and Ross was long known as one of the best.

Watch Anthony Rizzo introduce Ross here at the World Series parade and celebration:

As for Ross, he told FoxSports.com that he's a bit humbled to be involved in the project with nine-time New York Times bestseller Don Yaeger.

"It scared me to death, honestly, to think about telling my story. Who's interested in me, a backup catcher? Don kind of convinced me. As we've gone over this, it's been such a great little story for me this year. A backup catcher getting carried off the field in the World Series -- that put the icing on the cake: 'All right, this is pretty cool. I don't know how I got to this point. But it's pretty amazing.'

The book is right now set for a May release. I'm looking forward to this one. The man won a World Series with the Red Sox and the Cubs. That, in and of itself, is interesting enough. Plus, we don't often get the perspective of a non-great player who was actually a great teammate.

Given that many of us work on teams in real life, this could apply to many walks of life.