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The King's Game: A Baseball Novel Kindle Edition
John Nemo (Author) Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author |
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- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateJuly 6, 2011
- File size419 KB
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"A riveting, intense story written by someone who obviously knows baseball well." -- Minnesota Twins Magazine
"Definitely more than just a simple book about baseball. It's clearly written with a warm perspective on life, too." -- Associated Press
"Interesting elaboration of Michael Shaara's For Love of the Game ... Nemo's knowledge of baseball beats even Shaara's." -- Tim Morris' Guide to Baseball Fiction
"John Nemo makes you believe ... This may just be the only time a baseball game moves too quickly." -- Sports Illustrated.com --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
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- ASIN : B005BCP6TC
- Publication date : July 6, 2011
- Language : English
- File size : 419 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 242 pages
- Lending : Enabled
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,279,974 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #6,004 in Sports Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #10,445 in Sports Fiction (Books)
- #57,749 in Christian Fiction (Kindle Store)
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About the author

“You know me. I don’t recommend people lightly. John Nemo is worth your time. Jump on this!” - Chris Brogan, New York Times Bestselling Author & Speaker
“I highly encourage you to check out John Nemo. I know he will make a difference for you just like it has for me!” - Tom Ziglar, CEO, Ziglar, Inc.
“John Nemo invests himself in dramatically improving all aspects of your marketing where he feels he can add value. I’m very honored to recommend him.” - Bob Burg, International Bestselling Author of “The Go Giver” & Keynote Speaker
JOHN NEMO is an Online Course Creator and Bestselling Author who helps Business Coaches, Consultants, Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners generate quality leads, build their client base and increase revenue using digital marketing platforms, tools and strategies like Content Marketing, LinkedIn and Webinars.
The author of 8 books, John is a former Associated Press Reporter, Talk Radio Producer, Award-Winning PR Director and Social Media Consultant based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
His book "LinkedIn Riches" was named one of the "100 Best Sales Books of All Time" by BookAuthority.
John has personally rewritten LinkedIn profiles for A-List Entrepreneurs, Speakers and Bestselling Authors including Chris Brogan, Mari Smith, John Lee Dumas, Bob Burg, Tom Ziglar, Jairek Robbins, Dan Miller, Ray Edwards and many others.
In addition, John regularly guest blogs for Inc. Magazine and American City Business Journals, and his work has also been featured in The Huffington Post, Business Insider, on LinkedIn's official marketing blog, the Entrepreneur On Fire and Social Media Examiner podcasts and many other outlets online.
Since 2012, John has helped hundreds of Business Coaches, Consultants, Small Business Owners, Entrepreneurs and others across dozens of different industries worldwide leverage LinkedIn to generate nonstop sales leads, clients and revenue.
The son of two English teachers, John grew up in a home where the basement walls were lined floor-to-ceiling with books. A lifelong love of story led him to a career in journalism, where he started his career in 1997 as a reporter for The Arizona Republic and later the Associated Press.
John later worked in talk radio as a producer and on-air talent at KTIS-AM radio in Minneapolis-St. Paul. He also served as a freelance writer for hundreds of different magazines, newspapers and websites, covering topics ranging from Fantasy Football to Norwegian Architecture to Rock Music.
John has also worked as a national-award winning PR and Social Media Director for large trade associations in the debt collection and healthcare industries.
During its first 90 days, his 2009 PR campaign for the consumer financial education website Ask Doctor Debt led to more than 125 interviews across the United States, reaching an estimated 25 million consumers and netting an estimated $1 million in free advertising/publicity value. John was also was able to secure a weekly, ongoing segment for Ask Doctor Debt and ACA International representatives on top-rated Fox News Channel that ran weekly for more than four months straight.
In 2010, John’s PR campaign for the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) reached an estimated 133 million people in just 90 days and would have cost $5 million in advertising costs to duplicate. Billed as the largest nurses’ strike in U.S. history, John’s campaign garnered local, national and international media coverage from outlets as far away as BBC Radio in London.
During those same 90 days, John created and executed a Social Media Campaign for MNA that took its Facebook page from 0 to 11,000 fans, racking up 496,000 views. He also created and distributed content through an MNA Blog that generated 342,000 page views and 2,800 comments, along with building a YouTube channel that generated 97,000 views.
In the summer of 2011, John helped create and release the Minnesota Nurses Association iPhone/iPad App, which made MNA one of the first Labor Unions in the United States to release its own App. It allowed MNA’s 20,000 members to get the latest association news, videos and updates, report unsafe staffing at their hospitals, look up and contact their local legislators and more.
In 2012, John Nemo left MNA to start his own marketing agency, Nemo Media Group, which provided services including Consulting, Website Design, Copywriting, Video Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Content Creation, Sales Presentations and more for clients across the United States.
In 2014, John created his first online course, LinkedIn Riches, followed by Webinars That Work and Content Marketing Machine.
John lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with his wife, Sara, their three crazy young boys and Rosie the dog.
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Labels: baseball, Catholic, faith, religion
"The King's Game,"
by John Nemo
Reviewed by Bob Zyskowski
[...]
In the middle of a month when temps across the Midwest have bottomed out well below zero, a baseball novel can have a warming effect.
Minnesotan John Nemo -- who covers baseball as a professional journalist -- combines his knowledge of the national pastime with his deep spirituality to come up with a page-turner that will keep any fan on the edge of his seat.
"The King's Game" is more than just a sports story. People of faith will quickly pick up on the allegory woven through the compelling tale of the life of Cody King, a great pitcher. The events of King's life -- beginning a birth - would test anyone's belief in God.
Nemo adds a love element, a friendship element, and best of all a father-son relationship element, exploring all of these while all the while taking us through the seventh and deciding game of a fictional World Series.
As a baseball junkie myself, I notice one faux pas in the action on the diamond: In the third inning, the pitching coach goes out to settle down the opposing pitcher, and later in that same inning the manager trots out to the mound, too. Any fan knows that second visit to the mound means there has to be a pitching change, but that doesn't happen in the novel. The pitcher stays in the game. Ooops.
[...]