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Where nobody knows your name follows a cast of baseball players, managers, and an umpire through the 2012 aaa international league. The 32 nd book of the highly successful writing career of john feinstein hits bookstores on tuesday, feb. Where nobody knows your name by john feinstein kirkus. May 23, 2019 nobody knows exactly how to say the name of god the i am of all i ams the book of mysteries. Cbs sports radio host john feinstein on his book where. Its either an unbreakable code or an ingenious hoax. Where nobody knows your name fairfax county public. Where nobody knows your name explores the trials and travails of the inhabitants of triplea, focusing on nine men, including players, managers and umpires, among many colorful characters, living on the cusp of the dream. The author focuses on 9 people involved in triplea baseball in 2012, although we also meet many other people as they come and go. John feinstein takes the reader behind the curtain into the guarded world of the minor leagues, like no other writer can.
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