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The Cloudbuster Nine
- The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II
- By: Anne R. Keene, Claudia Williams - foreword
- Narrated by: Anne R. Keene
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4 out of 5 stars 37
In 1943, while the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals were winning pennants and meeting in that year's World Series, one of the nation's strongest baseball teams practiced on a skinned-out college field in the heart of North Carolina. Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, and Johnny Sain were among a cadre of fighter-pilot cadets who wore the Cloudbuster Nine baseball jersey at an elite Navy training school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great story but kind of disjointed.
- By Tom Beeson on 01-06-25
- The Cloudbuster Nine
- The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II
- By: Anne R. Keene, Claudia Williams - foreword
- Narrated by: Anne R. Keene
Great story but kind of disjointed.
Reviewed: 01-06-25
Anne got me excited about research and asking questions. She should have had someone else read the story. She undoubtedly learned a lot about baseball during this research but not enough to convince baseball nuts she was worthy. Mickey Lolick. Come on! Also she had lots of places where she wasnt familiar with her own prose…nothing wrong with doing a second take. Finally why bash your father soo harshly if you didnt give him a chance to defend his love for the game while he was alive? What a horrible eulogy! Overall I would read it again but but seek out a book about Teds full war experience first.
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