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Happiness is like a Cur Dog

The Thirty-Year Journey of a Major League Baseball Pitcher and Broadcaster

By Nelson J. King

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| Hardcover | 9781449025489

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Memoir of Nellie King, former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher and broadcaster. From the farm teams of the deep south in the early 1940s, to the pitcher's mound, and then to the Pirates' broadcasting booth in the 1970s, King provides readers with a front row seat to the momentous changes he witnessed in hContinue

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This book is a charming memoir that will warm the heart of those who care about baseball in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, and especially those with emotional attachment to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The editing is a bit rough, but that only makes the author's voice come through more authentically. The book ... (continue)

This book is a charming memoir that will warm the heart of those who care about baseball in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, and especially those with emotional attachment to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The editing is a bit rough, but that only makes the author's voice come through more authentically. The book reads like a series of letters from a dear uncle.

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