The Man Who Once Played Catch With Nellie Fox

By John Manderino

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264 Pages, 6 x 8

Formats: Trade Paper, Cloth, Mobipocket, EPUB, PDF

Cloth, $22.50 (US $22.50) (CA $27.00)

Publication Date: August 2005

ISBN 9780897334488

Rights: WOR

Chicago Review Press (Aug 2005)
Academy Chicago Publishers

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Overview

At forty, Hank has decided he's through with baseball—a routine pop-up fell on his head and he got the message. Trouble is, baseball is the one thing that's given any meaning to his life. This is the painfully funny story of a man who decides to get a life, but isn't sure how. It's about fathers and sons, heroes and whiners, the wheel of fortune (and Vanna White), baseball and the decline of Western civilization—and why Nellie Fox always spat in his glove.

Reviews

"... like the hapless Chicago Cubs, Manderino's characters possess miles and miles of heart."

— Publishers Weekly

"... will have aging baseball fans believing that sandlot fellowship and a woman's tender love really can save men from cynicism, bad marriages, and dead-end dreams." — Kirkus Reviews

Author Biography

John Manderino was born in Illinois and teaches in Madison, WI.

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