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Showtime Charlie Stoddard now occupies himself at card shows, one-night stands, and nearby watering holes. His ex-wife still talks to him, but keeps her distance (about 3,000 miles); his son won't even do that-all in all, a life filled with peaches and cream. And then a decidedly unorthodox therapist starts working on his arm, and Charlie begins to dream again . . . especially now that the Boston Red Sox have lost two starting pitchers and seen their lead over the Yankees sliced in half. Can Charlie make it back to the bigs? Will he ever convince his ex-wife to take him seriously again? Will his son (the . . . well, never mind who he is-we've got to save something) even acknowledge his existence? Can the Red Sox-dare we say it?-shake off the collective curses of the Bambino, the Buckner, and Bucky-expletive-Dent?

Stay, as they say, tuned, as Lupica unfolds his smartest, most outrageous, most surprising novel yet, a story filled with the glories and absurdities of the national pastime, and further proof that "Lupica's fiction is the funniest thing going" (Orlando Sentinel).]]> 2002 2 0 false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jan 03 16:45:29 -0800 2009 Tue Apr 28 14:34:30 -0700 2009 81238240 2863726 285316 0425192040 9780425192047 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229m/285316.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229s/285316.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/285316.Wild_Pitch 3.48 52 2002 5 0 false Wed Dec 16 16:46:43 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 16 16:46:43 -0800 2009 80224598 3019836 285316 0425192040 9780425192047 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229m/285316.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229s/285316.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/285316.Wild_Pitch 3.48 52 2002 0 0 false Mon Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 17:08:53 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 17:09:00 -0800 2009 79838517 1618183 285316 0425192040 9780425192047 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229m/285316.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229s/285316.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/285316.Wild_Pitch 3.48 52 2002 0 0 false Thu Dec 03 22:32:15 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 22:32:15 -0800 2009 78605839 2322341 285316 0425192040 9780425192047 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229m/285316.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229s/285316.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/285316.Wild_Pitch 3.48 52 2002 3 0 false Sat Nov 21 23:22:39 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 23:22:39 -0800 2009 75960112 2221754 285316 0425192040 9780425192047 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229m/285316.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229s/285316.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/285316.Wild_Pitch 3.48 52 2002 3 0 false Tue Oct 27 19:31:16 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 19:31:16 -0700 2009 73954675 790328 3437119 0399149279 9780399149276 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3437119.Wild_Pitch 3.48 52
Showtime Charlie Stoddard now occupies himself at card shows, one-night stands, and nearby watering holes. His ex-wife still talks to him, but keeps her distance (about 3,000 miles); his son won't even do that-all in all, a life filled with peaches and cream. And then a decidedly unorthodox therapist starts working on his arm, and Charlie begins to dream again . . . especially now that the Boston Red Sox have lost two starting pitchers and seen their lead over the Yankees sliced in half. Can Charlie make it back to the bigs? Will he ever convince his ex-wife to take him seriously again? Will his son (the . . . well, never mind who he is-we've got to save something) even acknowledge his existence? Can the Red Sox-dare we say it?-shake off the collective curses of the Bambino, the Buckner, and Bucky-expletive-Dent?

Stay, as they say, tuned, as Lupica unfolds his smartest, most outrageous, most surprising novel yet, a story filled with the glories and absurdities of the national pastime, and further proof that "Lupica's fiction is the funniest thing going" (Orlando Sentinel).]]> 2002 0 0 false Mon Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Fri Oct 09 06:28:44 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 06:29:00 -0700 2009 69820824 2695881 285316 0425192040 9780425192047 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229m/285316.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229s/285316.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/285316.Wild_Pitch 3.48 52 2002 0 0 false Wed Sep 02 11:20:25 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 11:20:25 -0700 2009 69138786 2588055 285316 0425192040 9780425192047 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229m/285316.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229s/285316.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/285316.Wild_Pitch 3.48 52 2002 4 0 false Thu Aug 27 15:55:20 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 15:55:23 -0700 2009 69116937 2675137 285316 0425192040 9780425192047 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229m/285316.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229s/285316.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/285316.Wild_Pitch 3.48 52 2002 0 0 false Thu Aug 27 12:53:35 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 12:53:35 -0700 2009 68226266 2508880 285316 0425192040 9780425192047 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229m/285316.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229s/285316.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/285316.Wild_Pitch 3.48 52 2002 4 0 false Thu Aug 20 13:17:02 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 13:17:02 -0700 2009 67053258 320144 285316 0425192040 9780425192047 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229m/285316.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229s/285316.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/285316.Wild_Pitch 3.48 52 2002 0 0 false Wed Aug 12 05:23:04 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 05:23:27 -0700 2009 66466104 2342883 285316 0425192040 9780425192047 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229m/285316.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229s/285316.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/285316.Wild_Pitch 3.48 52 2002 0 0 false Thu Aug 06 15:28:34 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 15:28:34 -0700 2009 65068304 1132212 285316 0425192040 9780425192047 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229m/285316.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229s/285316.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/285316.Wild_Pitch 3.48 52 2002 0 0 false Sun Jul 26 18:53:24 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 18:53:24 -0700 2009 64140224 2484661 285316 0425192040 9780425192047 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229m/285316.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229s/285316.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/285316.Wild_Pitch 3.48 52 2002 2 0 false Sun Jul 19 16:30:45 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 16:30:45 -0700 2009 59357497 2322091 285316 0425192040 9780425192047 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229m/285316.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229s/285316.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/285316.Wild_Pitch 3.48 52 2002 0 0 false Thu Jun 11 20:53:57 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 20:53:57 -0700 2009 57308031 1684853 285316 0425192040 9780425192047 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229m/285316.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229s/285316.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/285316.Wild_Pitch 3.48 52 2002 0 0 false Mon May 25 18:02:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 18:02:00 -0700 2009 57255302 2352364 285316 0425192040 9780425192047 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229m/285316.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412229s/285316.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/285316.Wild_Pitch 3.48 52 2002 0 0 false Mon May 25 09:52:10 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 09:52:10 -0700 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=285316