Be Careful What You Wish For... [Kindle Edition]

David Kruh (Author)

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When Jonathan Bailey's beloved Red Sox finally win a World Series, he believes it to be one of the greatest days of his life. What he - and his wife - soon discover is that the fulfillment of Jon's dearest wish has come at a price...

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• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 279 KB
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0042FZQAI
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #546,058 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely marvelous tale, December 3, 2010

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This review is from: Be Careful What You Wish For... (Kindle Edition)

Imagine being ordinary. Imagine having that kind of life day after day after day, struggling to make it. Imagine having all of that for a life -- before your favorite team finally wins a long-awaited championship.

For Jonathan Bailey, this was his life: working in a cubicle for 8 years, married to a woman he met on the night of October 25, 1986. Their life isn't the greatest. They argue over everything -- even his love for the Boston Red Sox.

You see, Jonathan's love of the Red Sox became drilled into him at an early age. He is a fourth-generation Red Sox fan, doomed to root for a perennial underachiever, but as this story takes place, the Red Sox go on an unbelievable tear following a lightning strike at beloved Fenway Park. Despite the streak, a wisecracking radio sports personality says the Sox will blow it like they always do, but the team fails to do so: they win the World Series.

It is that one event that everything changes for Jonathan, for the most part -- for one long arduous campaign that he can barely pay attention to.

Yet hidden behind it all is a man who sent the team to an extend stay in baseball's purgatory. Exiled to Idaho, he tires of the team's woes and begins to pull strings -- and redeems himself in the process.