Beautifully illustrated, delightfully humorous short stories from the author's youth in the '60s and '70s, courtship and marriage in the '80s, and family fun in the new century. You'll visit a seemingly peaceful suburban community that will surprise you with unintentional body surfing, musical back-flips, classroom electrocutions, a high-speed turkey baster, peroxide poisoning, stripping cheerleaders, baseball bat tooth-removal, hot asphalt burials, street pumas, romantic trespassing, poultry pumping, hibernating bears, spiteful Frenchmen, hot oil showers, ghostly porch pirates, high-octane nylons, and legume liniments. Proceeds from this book go to The Miracle League, where disabled children get a chance to play baseball. "Wonderful reflections on our community and some really funny baseball stories." -- Sean Casey, three-time Major League baseball All-Star, MLB Network TV broadcaster, and USC resident "Having enjoyed Jay's stories for years, I can't wait to revisit them in the book. Jay is USC's humor historian and we're lucky to have him." -- Steve Blass, Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star, World Series winner, broadcaster, and long-time USC resident "It's hard to be grammatically critical when you're laughing out loud." -- Linda Dudzinski, Editor-in-chief, USC Today Magazine "If he spent as much time at his job as he does writing funny stories, he'd be a millionaire." -- Jack Lynch, the author's father
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