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Mr. Book just finished I Felt The Cheers: The Remarkable Silent Life of Curtis Pride, by Curtis Pride.

This book will be released on February 25, 2025.

Curtis Pride was the textbook case of a journeyman baseball player. He played 11 seasons in the major leagues, with six different teams. Overall, he played 23 seasons as a professional player, across the minors, majors and independent leagues, while playing for 26 different teams. Looking at his stats in the majors, he was overall, a mediocre major leaguer.

But, what distinguished Pride from everyone else was he was born profoundly deaf and overcome that to make it to the majors. As he explained early in the book, while the rest of baseball considered that a hinderance to him, he believes it helped him become a good defensive outfielder.

I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed this book. I wasn’t expecting a journeyman mediocre player to have such an interesting life story. Braves Hall of Fame manager Bobby Cox said about him, “He was the most loved guy you ever want to have on your team.  He is everywhere he goes.” Reading this book makes you understand why.

I give this book an A. Goodreads and NetGalley require grades on a 1-5 star system. In my personal conversion system, an A equates to 5 stars. (A or A+: 5 stars, B+: 4 stars, B: 3 stars, C: 2 stars, D or F: 1 star).

This review has been posted at NetGalley, Goodreads and my blog, Mr. Book’s Book Reviews

Mr. Book finished reading this on October 4, 2024.