{"title":"Curt Nelson","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"so-you-think-you-re-a-kansas-city-royals-fan-book-curt-nelson-9781683580058","title":"So You Think You're a Kansas City Royals Fan?","description":"\u003ci\u003eSo You Think You’re a Kansas City Royals Fan?\u003c\/i\u003e will test and expand your knowledge of one of Major League Baseball’s most successful expansion franchises. Rather than merely posing questions and providing answers, you’ll get details behind each—stories that bring to life the history of the Kansas City Royals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book, part of a new series, is divided into four parts, with progressively more difficult questions in each new section. The first three-inning section contains the most basic questions. Next come the middle innings, then the late innings, and finally the Hall of Fame.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso, you’ll learn more about the great players and names in Royals history both past and present, from George Brett to Eric Hosmer, Amos Otis and Willie Wilson to Lorenzo Cain, Dan Quisenberry, Jeff Montgomery, Frank White, Mike Sweeney, Mike Moustakas, Bret Saberhagen, Paul Splittorff, Dennis Leonard, Whitey Herzog, Dick Howser, Ned Yost, Denny Matthews, Alex Gordon, and so many more—even Bo Jackson, of course. The many questions this book answers include:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Who was the first player inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame with the Royals listed on his plaque?\u003cbr\u003e• What special first in World Series history was the 2015 match-up between the Mets and Royals?\u003cbr\u003e• Which two Royals players worked on crews that helped build Royals Stadium?\u003cbr\u003e• Who was the first hitter to record a multi–home run game for the Royals?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book makes the perfect gift for any fan of the 2015 World Champion Royals!","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51417744113937,"sku":"CIN1683580052VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1683580052.jpg?v=1750722201"},{"product_id":"water-s-revenge-book-curt-nelson-9781450017183","title":"Water's Revenge","description":"Waters Revenge is a compilation of ten true adventures I experienced on, sometimes in, numerous lakes and rivers here in the state of Michigan where I was raised. It is written chronologically and spans a time period of forty years. Some of the stories include friends that joined me on my misadventures, usually only once. My earliest memory of one of the many close calls I had is told in the chapter, The Laughing Frogs. I was totally consumed with the exploration of the Shiawassee River that ran through my grandparents' backyard in Fenton Michigan. It was the summer of my tenth birthday and if not for a buddy's older sister, it could have been my last birthday. I remember not being able to sit down comfortably for quite sometime due to my parents' wrath upon hearing the news, (needless to say, they were quite irate.) I was eleven when my folks bought a house in Plainwell, Michigan on the banks of the Kalamazoo River. Dad admitted years later that raising four boys at our young ages that close to a river may not have been the wisest thing he ever did, personally, I couldn't thank him enough. It was about a year later when a little escapade of mine helped prove his point (the chapter, Fort Careful is a testament to that.) Not all of the stories in this book deal with near tragic or traumatic events; some are so ridiculous they had to be told. The chapter, Doctor, Doctor, Grab Those Scissors is a perfect example of what not to do if your fishing lure gets hung up in a tree. I'm sure you've heard of road rage; well, Close Encounters of the Granite Kind is an example of water rage, which was brought on by a fourteen year old hooligan, who's idea of entertainment was seeing how long it would take to swamp some guy in a little ten foot flat bottom boat with his daddy's big expensive speed boat. My reaction to his daily harassment on Pine Lake number three damn near landed me in jail. Fortunately for me, the co-star of this story had an understanding father who was sympathetic to my point of view. Unfortunately for my deranged counter-part, dad had absolutely no sympathy for his, basically because he didn't have one. Salmon Derby or Bust, reads like a step by step manual on how to drown in Lake Michigan. The situation my partner, Captain Bob and I found ourselves in came about gradually and actually began weeks before we even launched our boat. Our lack of logic in preparing for an excursion on the big lake was a direct result from an affliction I call, Kings-la-bit-us Salmon-it is, a mental disease also known as Salmon Fever. It has been known to be fatal in idiots and ignorant folks who venture out on to the great lakes, like us at the time. It is brought on by the anticipation of catching one of those huge king salmon that lurk in the depths of the great lakes...it clouds the mind. These stories are burned into my memory like a photograph on film and will never forget them. 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