Download Kiss It Good-bye: The Mystery, the Mormon, and the Moral of the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates AudioBook Free
In 1960, an upstart Pittsburgh Pirates team defeat the highly preferred New York Yankees on the planet Series. Given the power of your Yankee roster that included Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, and Yogi Berra, that improbably triumph do more than give long-suffering Pirates supporters something to cheer about; it put Pittsburgh on the map. Though John Moody was only six yrs . old during that magical baseball season, he was a devoted fan of the Pittsburgh team. The legend pitcher for the Pirates and John's first hero was Vernon Law - an unsophisticated Idaho country youngster, widely known as The Deacon, a friendly nickname derived from his rigid Mormon upbringing. Law was a relatively young man at the time and should have loved several more times of popularity and success, yet his career went into decrease following that phenomenal series. With this insightful audiobook, John Moody explores a powerful puzzle that has persisted now for almost 50 years, uncovering at last why Vernon Law was struggling to continue his dominance of major-league batters. But this is more than just another expose. Recalling a faraway time in American athletics, Kiss It Good-bye has a general theme: a son's love for his father and the relationship that was forged between them because of their love of football. It really is a audiobook that will be welcomed by fathers, sons, and football fans of every age.
