Amazon The Fat Lady Never Sings Category:  Memoir Publisher: Iuniverse ISBN-10:  0595394671 Type: Non-Fiction Pages: 228 Branded losers forever for allowing a football tradition to end, three high school players and their coaches seek redemption in a state championship baseball game. Once school starts in the fall, Friday nights are typically reserved for one thing—high school football games. The Fat Lady Never Sings tells the true story of Derby, Connecticut’s 1992 Red Raider baseball team as told by then-assistant coach, Steven M. Reilly. When the town’s remarkable 28-year football winning streak comes to an end, three seniors on the team are branded “losers.” Determined to seek redemption by playing on the baseball team, these multi-sport athletes forever leave their mark on this small Connecticut town after helping the team advance to the championship game of the state baseball tournament.

Kaye Trout Book Reviews

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Genre: Memoir/Sports
Rating: Very Good
ISBN: 0595394671, $18.95, 228 pp.

Steve Reilly has coached baseball in Connecticut’s Lower Naugatuck Valley since 1976 and has assisted high school coaches for the past twenty years. He writes this true tale about defeat, dedication, perseverance and redemption using his extensive background and skills.

Three high school seniors–Gino, Ben and Donny–lose the Derby Hill School Red Raiders football game which broke the 28-year-winning streak, and think of themselves as marked losers, eventually finding redemption at the Middletown’s Palmer Field.

This memoir is well-written, edited and flows smoothly, and I’m certain will appeal to sports fans and anyone who likes a plain good inspirational story.

Reviewed by Kaye Trout - October 30, 2006