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Blockade Billy
Blockade Billy is a 2010 novella by Stephen King. It tells the story of William "Blockade Billy" Blakely, a fictional baseball catcher who briefly played for the New Jersey Titans during the 1957 season. The novella took King two weeks to write. He had the following to say about the novella:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_Billy
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Blockade Billy - Stephen King - The Blood Sprayer The Blood Sprayer
It is a baseball story, written by a fan, for fans. But again, seeing as how it is King, it is not just another sports story, and it does have some darker, creepier elements to it.
http://www.bloodsprayer.com/2149
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Stephen King to publish surprise baseball novella, 'Blockade Billy' | EW.com
Image Credit: Lee Roth/RothStock/PR PhotosStephen King is a big fan of baseball, particularly the Boston Red Sox, as anyone who’s read The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon can tell you, and now he’s ready to take us out to the ballpark again.
http://www.ew.com/article/2010/03/29/stephen-king-blockade-billy-baseball-novella-cemetery-dance
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'Blockade Billy' by Stephen King - latimes
It's hard to write good baseball fiction. The game is so unlikely, so bizarre at times, that it's a challenge to the fiction writer's imagination to do it justice. Who, for instance, could have
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/17/entertainment/la-et-book-20100417
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BOOK REVIEW! BLOCKADE BILLY BY STEPHEN KING
It's no big secret that the man loves his baseball his characters are forever donning Red Sox apparel and he's a frequent attendant at Fenway Park, truly a diehard BoSox fan so it was only a matter of time before he married his two interests, right?
http://nerdist.com/book-review-blockade-billy-by-stephen-king/
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In ‘Blockade Billy,’ King Mixes His Two Passions - The New York Times
Stephen King’s latest novella creates a catching phenom with a horrible secret.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/21/sports/baseball/21king.html
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Book review: 'Blockade Billy' by Stephen King
The love of baseball has always been a small but persistent element in Stephen King's fiction. Now, just in time for a brand-new season,King brings us "Blockade Billy," a swift,colorful novella set against the backdrop of Major League Baseball.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/20/AR2010042004357.html
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'Blockade Billy' by Stephen King | Las Vegas Review-Journal
I have been a "constant reader" of Stephen King’s fiction since the original publication of "Salem’
http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/book-nook/blockade-billy-stephen-king
