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The Fungo Society
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Jonathan Quick is a baseball memorabilia dealer who is always being drawn into some sort of trouble. Join Quick at Spring Training as he hunts down a game used jersey that might be worth a fortune. Along the way, he meets the Fungo Society, a group of old ballplayers who are looking for revenge. Throw in some jealous lovers and a drug kingpin and Quick might just be in ove
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Paperback, 258 pages
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November 24th 2015
by Blue Trolley Press
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Enjoyable mystery with some great whacky characters. Baseball memorabilia tracker-downer is called in to investigate the death of one of the Fungo Society's members.
Not that enamoured of Quick's bed-hopping antics, but liked his smart mouth and witty, sometimes witless, repartee, particularly when it led to a smack on the head for him!
Really enjoyed Quick's unraveling of the mystery. Most of the baseball stuff might as well have been in ancient Egyptian because the latter is probably more famili ...more
Not that enamoured of Quick's bed-hopping antics, but liked his smart mouth and witty, sometimes witless, repartee, particularly when it led to a smack on the head for him!
Really enjoyed Quick's unraveling of the mystery. Most of the baseball stuff might as well have been in ancient Egyptian because the latter is probably more famili ...more
Stanger is a writer to watch for.
Stanger’s A Fungo Society takes place in the world of collectors, a male-dominated section of society. Protagonist Jonathan Quick is a young dealer set loose in the old world of baseball artifacts. This world is losing its young, avid collectors of baseball cards to the rich and horny. This time Quick is on the trail of something ball player, Eddie Sloane now dead, left behind for his daughter, Jessica Sloane. Or not. Because there is no record of Babe Ruth’s 19 ...more
Stanger’s A Fungo Society takes place in the world of collectors, a male-dominated section of society. Protagonist Jonathan Quick is a young dealer set loose in the old world of baseball artifacts. This world is losing its young, avid collectors of baseball cards to the rich and horny. This time Quick is on the trail of something ball player, Eddie Sloane now dead, left behind for his daughter, Jessica Sloane. Or not. Because there is no record of Babe Ruth’s 19 ...more
The Fungo Society by Jeff Stanger is a story which revolves around the baseball game. Jonathan Quick has been appointed to find out why Eddie was killed by a bunch of old baseball players at the Fungo Society.
The writing is decent and the characters are funny at times but somehow this book didn’t hold my interest. Maybe this genre is not my type but this is definitely just a “one time” read for me. This book might grab the interest of readers who love baseball and baseball players. But somehow, ...more
The writing is decent and the characters are funny at times but somehow this book didn’t hold my interest. Maybe this genre is not my type but this is definitely just a “one time” read for me. This book might grab the interest of readers who love baseball and baseball players. But somehow, ...more
You don't often come across a book that combines baseball and baseball memorabilia in a mystery that basically borrows from traditional private detective pulp narratives. This is a light-hearted, decidedly male dominated story about a dead player's old jersey. You'll roll your eyes a few times, or maybe more than a few, but the plot moves along nicely.
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Jonathan Quick, a baseball memorabilia dealer who answers a call for assistance from the Fungo Society, a group of older retired baseball players residing in Phoenix. Because Quick can find things, the Society wants him to find out who killed their friend and Society member Eddie. The Fungo Society wants revenge on who they believed who was responsible for their friend’s death and Quick’s investigation of this matter, along with some wheeling and dealing for jerseys and other memorabilia, is the
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Jeff Stanger writes funny novels that usually have the game of baseball as a backdrop. You don't have to be a student of the game or even a fan to enjoy them, however. There is enough mystery, danger, and even romance to keep you on the edge of your seat. His current work includes the Quick Baseball Mystery Series which follows the exploits of a rare baseball memorabilia dealer who always seems to
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