Jim, You are correct. He was an outfielder for the Providence
MLB team. When it released him he headed for Boston and wound
up becoming a PI. Mark
JIM DOHERTY <jimdohertyjr@...>
wrote:
>
> Mark,
>
> Re your comment below:
>
> "I mentioned Richard Rosen whose protagonist,
Harvey
> Blissberg, was a retired pitcher turned detective.
I
> thought the first book in the series, Strike
Three,
> You're Dead, was the best of the series."
>
> If I remember correctly, in STRIKE THREE, YOU'RE
DEAD
> (and Edgar-winner in teh 1st Novel categroy,
BTW)),
> Blissburg was still an active Major League
ballplayer.
> And he wasn't a pitcher; he was a power hitter
and,
> as I recall, an outfielder.
>
> He becomes a novice PI in the second book in
the
> series, FADEAWAY.
>
> JIM DOHERTY
>
>
>
>
>
>
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