BLEACHERS BREW EST. MAY 2006

Someone asked me how my blog and newspaper column came to be titled "Bleachers Brew". It's like this, it's an amalgam of sorts of two things: The bleachers area in the stadium/arena where I used to sit when I would watch baseball, football, and basketball games and Miles Davis' great jazz album Bitches Brew. That's how it got culled together. I originally planned on calling it "The View from the Big Chair" that is a nod to Tears For Fear's second album, Songs from the Big Chair. So there.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Patriots and Amazons: the best seller that never was

As a coda to Super Bowl XLII stories here's one that merits a mention in dubious moments in sports history or publishing...

In the days leading up to American football's biggest game, a hatch was plotted (this is totally intended) by the Boston Globe to publish a book titled: "19-0: The Historic Championship Season of New England's Unbeatable Patriots." In fact it was being solicited on amazon.com for $14.95. But when the New York Giants won, it was quickly yanked off the net.

It's okay, I hear there's a new book being solicited: "A Giant Upset: New York's Super Bowl Triumph Over the Powerful New England Patriots."

The suggested retail price is $17.14.

Posted by Rick Olivares

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