Lucky Bastard

My Life, My Dad, and the Things I'm Not Allowed to Say on TV

Joe Buck

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E P Dutton & Co Inc
15 October 2017

Biography: sport; Memoirs; Family & relationships; Advice on parenting

In this New York Times bestselling memoir, the announcer of the biggest sporting events in the country--including the 2017 Super Bowl and this century's most-watched, historic, Chicago Cubs-winning World Series--reveals why he is one lucky bastard.

In this New York Times bestselling memoir, the announcer of the biggest sporting events in the country-including the 2017 Super Bowl and this century's most-watched, historic, Chicago Cubs-winning World Series-reveals why he is one lucky bastard.

Sports fans see Joe Buck everywhere- broadcasting one of the biggest games in the NFL every week, calling the World Series every year, announcing the Super Bowl every three years. They know his father, Jack Buck, is a broadcasting legend and that he was beloved in his adopted hometown of St. Louis.

Yet they have no idea who Joe really is. Or how he got here. They don't know how he almost blew his career. They haven't read his funniest and most embarrassing stories or heard about his interactions with the biggest sports stars of this era.

They don't know how hard he can laugh at himself-or that he thinks some of his critics have a point. And they don't know what it was really like to grow up in his father's shadow. Joe and Jack were best friends, but it wasn't that simple. Jack, the voice of the St. Louis Cardinals for almost fifty years, helped Joe get his broadcasting start at eighteen. But Joe had to prove himself, first as a minor league radio announcer and then on local TV, national TV with ESPN, and then finally on FOX. He now has a successful, Emmy-winning career, but only after a lot of dues-paying, learning, and pretty damn entertaining mistakes that are recounted in this book.

In his memoir, Joe takes us through his life on and off the field. He shares the lessons he learned from his father, the errors he made along the way, and the personal mountain he climbed and conquered, all of which have truly made him a Lucky Bastard.

By: Joe Buck
Imprint: E P Dutton & Co Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 254g
ISBN: 9781101984581
ISBN 10: 1101984589
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 15 October 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joe Buck grew up in St. Louis, where he still lives. He has two daughters, Natalie and Trudy, and is married to fellow sportscaster Michelle Beisner.

Reviews for Lucky Bastard: My Life, My Dad, and the Things I'm Not Allowed to Say on TV

Praise for Lucky Bastard -[Buck] unleashes his inner stand-up comic, sprinkling the text with surprisingly funny and often self-deprecating wit.---Booklist -With a comic yet reverent approach to his life and broadcasting, Buck effectively captures the merging of his career and the popularity of American sports.---Publishers Weekly -Honest, poignant, and full of fun and heart, this is the kind of sports book any fan will love reading.---Bustle -With light humor and darker emotion, Buck candidly calls the game of his own life.---Kirkus Reviews -A steady flow of humor, love, pain, loss, and genuine human emotion.---Sports Illustrated -Emmy Award-winning sportscaster Joe Buck pulls back the curtain on both his public and private lives in the entertaining, but poignant autobiography Lucky Bastard. . . . This is a quick, captivating read.---The Missourian