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The Ed Lucas Story: A Blind Broadcaster's Story of Overcoming Life's Greatest Obstacles
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May 4, 2015
It would be tempting to dismiss this sports memoir as a saccharine, feel-good tale, but the authors elevate it into a courageous story of an Emmy-winning sightless sportscaster who triumphed over all challenges to fashion a career lasting nearly 60 years. Without sounding like a victim, Ed Lucas recalls that dark day in October 1951 when he was a 12-year-old playing baseball in New Jersey and a baseball struck him between his eyes, rendering him blind. He was subject to vision treatments that are now outmoded, and a grim diagnosis. YES Radio Network veteran Lucas's has an admirable and irresistible capacity for genuine introspection, and his inviting, straightforward narrative, written with his son, shows a fearful teen who thought his life was over evolving into a young man who views his blindness as "not a handicap an inconvenience" with unstinting family support. Bittersweet baseball memories of the greats of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees fill the book, contrasting with the more personal stories of Lucas's messy first marriage, which results in him raising two boys by himself after a hard-fought custody case, and his satisfying second union. For the fans of America's favorite pastime, this book, soon to be a film, will only enhance the legacy of one of the broadcasting pioneers of the sport.
March 15, 2015
A memoir of faith and perseverance after a dramatically life-altering circumstance. How New Jersey Sports Hall of Fame member Ed Lucas went from sandlot dreamer to blindness to broadcaster for the greatest team in baseball history is a marvel of a story. Co-written with his son, Christopher, this book recounts the accident that left young Ed blind and struggling to adapt to a dark new reality. What he found in that unexpected darkness was a future populated by heroes, filled with love, and enlightened by indomitable faith. As Sister Rose Magdalene proclaimed to his father, "Mister Lucas, your son is just blind, he's not handicapped...." As the author learned to thrive with his blindness, his mother began a letter-writing campaign to famous baseball personalities requesting their time and mentorship for her young son. To everyone's surprise, it worked, encouraging what would become a lifetime love for the game and its legends. But how does a blind man become a major league baseball broadcaster? As he gradually made himself known in the world of MLB, Lucas "developed the ability to tell, just from the crack of the bat, how hard the ball was hit, where it was traveling, and the distance it would go." Easy to read, this tender, occasionally sappy narrative shines most as an illustration of faith at work. For the Lucas family, faith is the cornerstone of purposefulness, hope, and the belief that one can achieve happiness and greatness despite traumatic circumstances. Most importantly, Lucas' contributions to sports journalism are invaluable, and the book is a testament to the experiences of a man intimately tied to the game throughout the modern era. Filled with a life-affirming sincerity that challenges us to put our lives in greater perspective.
April 15, 2015
Lucas lost his sight at age 11 in 1951, but that didn't hinder his love for baseball or his quest to be a baseball reporter, as he recounts in this inspirational autobiography. To help him overcome his depression after the accident, Ed's mother wrote letters to New York teams and was able to arrange a meeting with famed Yankee shortstop (and later broadcaster) Phil Rizzuto. Motivated by Rizzuto, Lucas graduated from college with a communications degree (aided by his guide dog). Now, with almost six decades in the game, Lucas has met and interviewed countless ballplayers, celebrities, and presidents; and he was married to his second wife at home plate in Yankee Stadium. Lucas tells his story in a gracious anecdotal style covering his childhood, personal life, and career. Baseball fans outside the New York area may be unfamiliar with Lucas, but that will soon change as a feature film is also in the works. This is one of the first titles published under the new Simon & Schuster imprint Jeter Publishing (in conjunction with retired Yankee star Derek Jeter).(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)
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