John Steven Gurney – Cannonball Read 17

Trick or Baseball?

Fuzzy Baseball V05: Baseballoween by John Steven Gurney

April 24, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The series Fuzzy Baseball is known for occasionally breaking the fourth wall, but this time, in Fuzzy Baseball V05: Baseballoween everything is broken! Yes, it is funny, and still has the fantastically clever baseball name puns, but it feels like John Steven Gurney has gotten a few balls to the head and is close to a strikeout. I think it is time to hang up the catcher’s mitt and move onto a new gang of players. Though, the Halloween aspect is funny and even though […]

Home Run Time

R.B.I. Robots (Fuzzy Baseball, #3) by John Steven Gurney

July 18, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr14bingo, Funky Funky meanings: having an earthy, blues-based quality or character. having an offensive smell; evil smelling; foul. adjective funkier or funkiest informal (of music) passionate, soulful; of or pertaining to funk authentic; earthy stylish and exciting; cool, funky jeans overcome with great fear; terrified. John Steven Gurney (whom I missed when he came to my store due to a headache I was fighting) has a great baseball series called Fuzzy Baseball. I have read them out of order, which mostly is okay, but I […]

If the dino hits the ball with its tail is that a strike or ball?

Fuzzy Baseball V04 Di-No Hitter by John Steven Gurney

March 25, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I loved the first book in the series Fuzzy Baseball by John Steven Gurney (illustrator of the A to Z Mysteries). And while I liked the second (Ninja Baseball Blast) as well, it was more of the same (the local baseball team plays baseball and learns lessons in sportsmanship, being good people and the game). I did not realize there was a third (R.B.I. Robots) out last spring, and I just received an e-book galley of number four, Di-No Hitter (due in mid-June 2021). This […]

Homerun or Strike out?

Fuzzy Baseball V02: Ninja Baseball Blast by John Steven Gurney

October 28, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Fuzzy Baseball V02: Ninja Baseball Blast has the same fun illustrations as before (Fuzzy Baseball V01) but this second book does not hit the home run story that the first book did. John Steven Gurney, you dropped the ball, my friend. Ninja Baseball Blast starts out with a smooth pitch. You see several pages of a baseball fans baseball card collection grace the front pages. The cards are neatly put together in a sheet with each team up to bat. And then the actual story […]

The crack of the bat, the stench of popcorn, the cheers of the fans!

Fuzzy Baseball Volume 1 by John Steven Gurney

May 28, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I learned about Fuzzy Baseball when a Facebook friend of a friend of mine turned out to be the author of the series. John Steven Gurney also commented on the fact I was planning on picking it up by saying he was in talks with our events person to come to the store. Therefore, of course, I had to read this book about baseball. Ah! Baseball! The game with the sticks and hats and balls! That pastime that we sing about. The one that has hard bleachers, […]

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