THE KNOCKER by ZANE GREY
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Jon Hagadorn
4.5 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Another great baseball story from Zane Grey's "The Red-Headed Outfield" collection tells the story from the point of view of a young lady who is the niece of a minor league clubs owner and knows the game pretty well. She is torn between two players- and its going to take a big scoring game to decide which one is the best match for her.
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| 0:00.0 | The Oh, Hello everyone and welcome back to 1001 classic short stories and tales. This is your |
| 0:32.4 | host John Haggagenorn and today we present another |
| 0:35.6 | Zane Gray baseball story. Zane Gray had played minor league baseball in the early |
| 0:40.4 | 1900s. He's best known for his Westerns and his fantastic stories about fishing, |
| 0:46.2 | but he's also known for his baseball short stories. And we have another short story for you today |
| 0:51.2 | which puts us back in American Minor League Baseball |
| 0:54.1 | about a hundred years ago it was full of personalities and rich with baseball legend |
| 0:59.6 | hope you enjoy it. The Knocker by Zang Gray. |
| 1:09.0 | Yes, Carol, I got my notice. |
| 1:11.0 | Maybe it's no surprise to you. And there's one more thing I want to say. |
| 1:15.0 | You're IT on this team. You're the top-notch catcher in the Western League and one of the best ball |
| 1:20.8 | players in the game. But you're a knocker. |
| 1:25.1 | Mad Jelston heard young Sheldon speak. |
| 1:27.9 | She saw the flash in his gray eyes and the heat of his bronzed face as he looked intently |
| 1:32.4 | at the big catcher. |
| 1:34.6 | Fade away sunny back to the Bush League for yours replied Carol derisively you're not |
| 1:40.5 | fast enough for Kansas City you look pretty good in a uniform and you're swift on your feet. |
| 1:46.0 | But you can't hit. You've got a glass arm and you run bases like an ostrich. |
| 1:51.0 | That notice was coming to you. Go learn the game. Then a crowd of |
| 1:56.7 | players trooped noisily out of the hotel lobby and swept Sheldon and Carroll down |
| 2:01.0 | the port steps towards the waiting omnibus. |
| 2:05.4 | Madge's uncle owned the Kansas City Club. |
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