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Narrated by:
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Craig Wasson
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By:
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Stephen King
About this listen
From New York Times best-selling author Stephen King comes the haunting story of Blockade Billy, the greatest Major League baseball player to be erased from the game.
Even the most die-hard baseball fans don't know the true story of William Blockade Billy Blakely. He may have been the greatest player the game has ever seen, but today no one remembers his name. He was the first - and only - player to have his existence completely removed from the record books. Even his team is long forgotten, barely a footnote in the game's history.
Every effort was made to erase any evidence that William Blakely played professional baseball, and with good reason. Blockade Billy had a secret darker than any pill or injection that might cause a scandal in sports today. His secret was much, much worse... and only Stephen King, the most gifted storyteller of our age, can reveal the truth to the world, once and for all.
©2010 Stephen King (P)2010 Simon & SchusterListeners also enjoyed...
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In the Tall Grass begins with a sister and brother who pull off to the side of the road after hearing a young boy crying for help from beyond the tall grass. Within minutes they are disoriented, in deeper than seems possible, and they've lost one another. The boy's cries are more and more desperate. What follows is a terrifying, entertaining, and masterfully told tale, as only Stephen King and Joe Hill can deliver.
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Irredeemably Vile. Epic Fail.
- By Bill on 09-24-14
By: Stephen King, and others
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Elevation
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Stephen King
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
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Although Scott Carey doesn’t look any different, he’s been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs the same in his clothes and out of them, no matter how heavy they are. Scott doesn’t want to be poked and prodded. He mostly just wants someone else to know, and he trusts Doctor Bob Ellis. In the small town of Castle Rock, the setting of many of King’s most iconic stories, Scott is engaged in a low-grade - but escalating - battle with the lesbians next door whose dog regularly drops his business on Scott’s lawn. One of the women is friendly; the other, cold as ice.
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Meh...
- By Wendy on 12-11-18
By: Stephen King
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The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Anne Heche
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
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Anne Heche reads The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, the story of nine-year-old Trisha McFarland who gets lost in the woods while on a walk with her family. Boston Red Sox closing pitcher Tom Gordon becomes Trisha's imaginary companion - and the key to her survival against an unidentified someone (or some thing) leaving death and destruction in its wake.
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Amber Alert
- By Tango on 03-22-15
By: Stephen King
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Gwendy's Button Box
- Includes Bonus Story "The Music Room"
- By: Stephen King, Richard Chizmar
- Narrated by: Maggie Siff
- Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins
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There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974, 12-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held by strong (if time-rusted) iron bolts and zigzag up the cliffside. At the top of the stairs, Gwendy catches her breath and listens to the shouts of the kids on the playground. One day a stranger calls to Gwendy: "Hey, girl. Come on over here for a bit. We ought to palaver, you and me."
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THE PEOPLE SEE A LEVER, THEY WANT TO PULL IT
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 06-07-17
By: Stephen King, and others
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Blaze
- A Novel
- By: Richard Bachman, Stephen King
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
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Blaze is the story of Clayton Blaisdell, Jr., of the crimes committed against him and the crimes he commits, including his last, the kidnapping of a baby heir worth millions. Blaze has been a slow thinker since childhood, when his father threw him down the stairs and then threw him down again. After escaping an abusive institution for boys when he was a teenager, Blaze hooks up with George, a seasoned criminal who thinks he has all the answers.
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Good story
- By Randall on 04-25-09
By: Richard Bachman, and others
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The Gingerbread Girl
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Mare Winningham
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
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In the emotional aftermath of her baby's death, Em starts running. Soon she runs from her husband, to the airport, down to the Florida Gulf, and out to Vermillion Key, where her father has offered the use of a shack he has kept there for years. This is doing her all kinds of good, until one day she makes the mistake of looking into the driveway of a man named Pickering. Pickering also enjoys the privacy of Vermillion Key, but the young women he brings there suffer the consequences. Will Em be next?
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Run, Em! Run!
- By Fiona on 04-30-08
By: Stephen King
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Roadwork
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: G. Valmont Thomas
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
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Barton Dawes' unremarkable but comfortable existence suddenly takes a turn for the worst. A new highway extension is being built right over the laundry plant where he works - and right over his home. Dawes isn't the sort of man who will take an insult of this magnitude lying down. His steadfast determination to fight the inevitable course of progress drives his wife and friends away while he tries to face down the uncaring bureaucracy that has destroyed his life.
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Great narrator; awful book
- By Petra47 on 07-24-16
By: Stephen King
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A Good Marriage
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Jessica Hecht
- Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins
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What happens when, on a perfectly ordinary evening, all the things you believed in and took for granted are turned upside down? When her husband of more than 20 years is away on one of his business trips, Darcy Anderson looks for batteries in the garage. Her toe knocks up against a box under a worktable and she discovers the stranger inside her husband. It’s a horrifying discovery, rendered with bristling intensity, and it definitively ends a good marriage.
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Buy Full Dark, No Stars
- By Tim on 11-02-14
By: Stephen King
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Joyland
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Michael Kelly
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
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Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever. Joyland is a brand-new novel and has never previously been published.
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King in his Summer Finest
- By Cynthia on 06-06-13
By: Stephen King
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- Ron
- 12-29-11
Very good short stories
Blockade Billy was a very good, fast paced story that I enjoyed very much. I am a Stephen King fan and with the exception of the ending to Blockade, which I found brief and somewhat anticlimactic, there were unique elements in the story that I thought were terrific. Morality was equally good, a little shocking and scary, as you would expect. Overall very good and enjoyable stories.
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- AlanHyma
- 01-07-23
Nice story
Good listen! 2nd story was slow but was interesting. Enjoyed it. Try it…you’ll like it!
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- Timothious Smith
- 05-14-12
Another Great Story from Stephen King
Would you listen to Blockade Billy again? Why?
Not only have I listened to Blockade Billy again I have several times. I enjoin this story and it is well done. Though not your normal Stephen King it still has the King twist at the end.
What other book might you compare Blockade Billy to and why?
If you enjoy this one, you will also enjoy 11-22-63, it's extremely well done and it flows. Craig Wasson does a wonderful joy with that one as well. You will be listening to it over and over.
Which scene was your favorite?
The first and only time "Billy" notices the crowd and tips his hat.
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- Karen Aguilar
- 07-26-22
One Book 2 Stories
It's actually a 2 story book, Blockade Billy and Morality(a short story). I enjoyed it
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- Scott Fabel
- 06-12-12
Not one, but two great short stories
I had put this book off for some time because I am not a huge baseball fan. I thought the the baseball part of story would annoy me. To my delight, it did not. On the contrary, it was the perfect backdrop for the creepiness that King is so good at. As a bonus, this audiobook includes a second short story entitled "Morality." It's a great, troubling little story that bothered me terribly while listening to it. Of course, that made it so great. At only two hours for two stories, there's simply no reason to not listen to this book!
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- Buckwheat
- 08-18-12
Just Ok?
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
It was awfully short, but worth the listen.
What about Craig Wasson’s performance did you like?
Captured the character well.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
Yes.
Any additional comments?
As a couple of stories this book is decent, but as a Stephen King book, it tends to fall a bit short.
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- Jaime Rodriguez
- 03-18-22
Old-school
I really love this story I'm a basketball fan and I love storytelling and to hear all the references to traditional baseball and kind of a retro look at what used to be a slightly different kind of sport when you think of what you see on TV today it helped take you back really enjoyed it
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- Donald T. Wardlow
- 12-22-12
Two Short Great King tales
Stephen King can still write a short story that packs a wallop. He does it twice here. "Blockade Billy" particularly appeals to me, since it's a baseball story, and I'm a huge fan, as King is.
He creates a baseball team in dire need of a catcher-and a catcher who will be one-no matter the cost.
Cost is a factor in the second story, "Morality," to be exact, the cost of a woman's soul. She and her husband are in desperate need of money, but the act they commit to get it is more than the lady can handle.
Blockade Billy is read by Craig Wasson, who is as good as it gets and clearly loves his baseball.
Whoever reads "Morality," it's a good yarn too.
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- Virginia
- 12-01-21
Wonderful story
I felt transported back to the 1950s when my dad would take me to the Cleveland stadium to watch the Indians play the Tigers. This is a story full of sweet memories despite the dark ending.
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- Talia
- 01-12-12
Baseball fans will want to read
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
I would recommend this to a friend, because it was an engaging and well-narrated story.
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
I think Billy's story was the most interesting. Perhaps less interesting were some of the baseball facts. Necessary, but not necessarily interesting.
What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?
I thought the narrator was a good choice. There wasn't anything I disliked.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
Definitely.
Any additional comments?
If you like baseball, you'll enjoy a good ball story with that eerie Stephen King twist.
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