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I really enjoyed this book. I started watching baseball during the time that Curtis Pride played, but I am an Orioles fan, so didn't know his story. The audio was well done, I enjoyed the narrator. My only concern with that is it seems like maybe the narrator didn't follow baseball during that time period, there were a couple of mispronunciations on player names.

It was a great story, and I've find myself telling people about Curtis Pride since listening.

I'm very happy to have gotten the chance to experience this book and recommended it to anyone, baseball fans in particular!

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I immensely enjoyed Curtis Pride’s memoir about his life. Pride is deaf and has a hearing aid in his left ear that detects loud noises but not speech. He “hears” via lip reading (and communicates verbally, although as an adult he has also learned ASL). Pride takes us through his childhood and his journey with baseball. I really enjoyed Pride’s story and you can tell how seriously he takes his role model status. I also really enjoyed learning more about the unpredictability of minor and Major League Baseball!

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to listen to the audiobook I Felt the Cheers: The Remarkable Silent Life of Curtis Pride.

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