AOT #43 – Rick Reilly Podcasts Shanks for Nothing
October 12, 2006 by Rob
Filed under Book Store Events
Rick Reilly reads from and discusses his hilarious new novel, Shanks for Nothing, while riffing on anything else that comes to mind.
Bestselling author Rick Reilly, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, has been voted National Sportswriter of the Year ten times. Reilly discusses, rants and reads from his new book Shanks for Nothing, the hilarious sequel to his beloved golf novel, Missing Links.
($24.95) Doubleday ISBN #0-385-50111-0. If you want to read Rick’s columns at SI, please visit Life of Reilly as well.
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Remember when the late 80’s/early 90’s Pistons were the bad boys? When Billy Martin was the bad coach? When Detroit listened to Sparky Anderson? When Dennis Savard was the last NOT to wear a helmet (because he was grandfathered in)? When they always gave the ball to Walter (except Super Bowl XX for the touchdown). When Buffalo lost four Super Bowls, but had Steve Tasker? Now that I have your attention, look up the 1956 University of Wyoming baseball stats. They made it to the college world series with a 16 man roster. My uncle was the all-american on that team. He was signed with the Reds, and, unfortunately, he died in an automobile accident before he reported to spring training. His name is Don Napierkowski–and I KNOW you would love his story. Good Polish boy from the south side of Chicago who taught himself to be a switch hitter–