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Or, How to Win Ballgames from Your Couch: A Memoir of a Fan Obsessed
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
April 2012
On Sale: April 17, 2012
288 pages
ISBN: 0547622376
EAN: 9780547622378
Kindle: B005LVR664
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Non-Fiction Memoir
From an award-winning humorist, a touching memoir and
manifesto that reveals the deep secrets of fan jinxes,
hexes, and charms Did you know there is a secret to winning ballgames? It’s
not the players, managers, money, or luck. It’s juju, and no
one knows it better than Hart Seely. Seely has spent a
lifetime practicing the art of juju from his living room.
And winning ballgames for the New York Yankees. He paces
floors. He yells at defenseless TVs. He rallies the team
like Churchill addressing the collective British soul. But
what he is really doing is harnessing juju energy to
influence the outcome of games. And it works. In this uproarious, unforgettable fan confessional, Seely
shares the basics of juju for the beginner—“Setting the
Table,” asking for a called strike instead of a walk-off
homer—to advanced juju—“Bringing the Neg,” predicting bad
events to keep them from actually happening—to the deepest,
darkest formulas of this age-old art. Along the way readers
come to know Hart and his hilarious band of fellow juju
practitioners, a secret club of friends whose fandom bonds
them across decades, not to mention won/loss columns. Nostalgic, heartwarming, and laugh-out-loud funny, The Juju
Rules is a memoir of a life well-lived in service to one’s
team that shows how love can be a powerful passion in the
best way.
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