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Title: A Nice Tuesday

Author: Pat Jordan

Narrator: Ken Maxon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-21-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

A baseball prodigy since the age of 10, Pat Jordan had been interviewed on television and written about in newspapers at an early age. Signed as a pitcher by the Milwaukee Braves upon his graduation from high school, he believed his success would continue for years to come. But after three diminishing seasons in the minor leagues, he was cut from the roster and began painfully constructing a new life. In the wreckage of his baseball career, Jordan found new success as a writer. In 1975, he published his classic memoir, A False Spring, which Sports Illustrated hailed as "one of the fifteen sports books everyone says you must have". But his past and early promise still tugged at him. So, at age 56, Jordan decided to pitch again.

A Nice Tuesday chronicles Jordan's decision to return to the mound, his struggle to get back into shape, and his ultimately successful quest to pitch for the Waterbury (Connecticut) Spirit - despite the aches and pains of middle age, his fear of not being taken seriously, and his own quixotic sense of enterprise.

Capturing the magic and wonder of sport as well as the painful process of self-discovery, A Nice Tuesday is a stirring and poignant study of a man reaching into his past and trying to rewrite the biggest failure of his life. In coming to terms with the lost dreams of his youth, Jordan finally arrives at peace with his past and with himself, and in doing so, he has created a book destined to become a classic.

Members Reviews:

A great read about a man and his life.

First of all, if you haven't read "A False Spring" first, you should do that or you might not know what drives a lot of his motivation. Having said that, this is an incredibly story of a flawed human being coming to terms with himself, his past and his future. What I liked most about it is his casual style in telling a story. He will start at one place, go back to another and then back to another and then return to where he started. Some might find this confusing or call it "circumstantial" or "a flight of ideas" but it reminds of conversations with my best friends where the talk just flows from one topic to the next and if it comes back around, that's OK and if not, hey, we enjoyed the ride. It truly is a good read.

A very ballsy book about ... well, about life and living

Dear Pat,

I finished reading your book, A Nice Tuesday, today while waiting in the dentist's office - a bit of pleasure before pain. Because it was a real pleasure reading your story. I found myself laughing out loud in many parts of the book. My wife kept asking me what was so funny. But then when I'd read the passage to her, she often just didn't get it. Too often, it was "a guy thing." The truth is, at 65 I'm not the "guy" I once was, but I like to remember those times, and your book kept bringing them back, particularly your rowdy and irreverent attitude towards all things sexual. It made me remember all the "war stories" and lies my buddies and I used to tell each other in the barracks so long ago my first time around in the army, when most of us were actually still virgins and knew very little about women. (See Soldier Boy: At Play in the ASA) Sports, fast cars and women were always popular subjects for those sessions. You cover all those subjects, along with dogs.