RARA-AVIS: Re: Noir Sports

From: blumenidiot ( blumenidiot@yahoo.com)
Date: 23 Feb 2008


Jim, You are correct. He was an outfielder for the Providence MLB team. When it released him he headed for Boston and wound up becoming a PI. Mark
    JIM DOHERTY <jimdohertyjr@...> wrote:
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> Mark,
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> Re your comment below:
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> "I mentioned Richard Rosen whose protagonist, Harvey
> Blissberg, was a retired pitcher turned detective. I
> thought the first book in the series, Strike Three,
> You're Dead, was the best of the series."
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> If I remember correctly, in STRIKE THREE, YOU'RE DEAD
> (and Edgar-winner in teh 1st Novel categroy, BTW)),
> Blissburg was still an active Major League ballplayer.
> And he wasn't a pitcher; he was a power hitter and,
> as I recall, an outfielder.
>
> He becomes a novice PI in the second book in the
> series, FADEAWAY.
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> JIM DOHERTY
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