Outdoor Humor

The road to Major League Baseball goes through the minor leagues. Every year there are over 5,500 players trying to work their way to the top of the tiered minor league system. Very few people know what life is really like for these aspiring players - until now. This collection of stories from actual minor league players is a hilarious, heartbreaking, and honest account of the struggle to make it to the big leagues.

My new book, Memories of Marion, is a collection of short stories based on my personal experience of hiking and fishing in Oregon's Jefferson Wilderness Area. The book features Marion Lake, a great fishing ground for Rainbow and Brook trout. The book is dedicated to my friend, Mike Jaskilka, with whom I have shared most of the adventures recorded here. Following the example of outdoor writer and humorists Patrick McManus (1933-2018) and the stories of his outdoor adventures, I have sought to liven the accounts of my own experiences with sufficient humor to maintain the readers interest and,...

When my husband’s hijinks made me realize was an exhibitionist, I kew he had gotten carried away. Our new neighbor seems like a nice enough guy, and he’s easy on the eyes, too. But my husband took an instant dislike to him. And that wasn’t a big deal — if the two of them hadn’t started a full scale prank war, I would never have interfered. Now Ian’s latest prank has taken things way too far, and he might just have to share me with his biggest rival. And once we head down that naughty path, we’ll discover that’s not the only thing he desires. Explicit Content: 18+ This is a ...

Pascal is . . . different. After transforming into a werepanther and destroying his home over a piece of peppered salami, his parents sent him off to Reinhard's School for Shifters, an Academy deep in the woods. Here, Mortals can't enter. Here, Pascal will learn to control his instincts alongside other Shifters. But he didn't expect being drawn into a world of werewolves, wererabbits, and werepanthers to come with so much drama. Harnessing his primal, sexual, hungry impulses in hopes of transitioning back to Mortal society has a steep learning curve. There's also the fact that he's smitten ...

What's going on at the Pink Piñata? Three things: 1. A bizarre poker tournament with real characters from the poker world. 2. A mysterious puzzle taking place behind the scenes. 3. Poker strategy. Yes, this is also a poker strategy book that can improve your tournament play, but shh! Most people don't hear it that way. Welcome to the Pink Piñata!

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tales of Golf and Sport contains Chicken Soup for the Soul’s 101 best stories and poems about golfers, golfing, and other sports. This book has fresh appeal to golfers and makes a fabulous gift. Golfers are a special breed. They endure bad weather, early wake-up calls, great expense, and "interesting" clothing to engage in their favorite sport. This is not a book about how to play golf - it is a book about how it feels to play golf. Professional and amateur athletes contribute stories from the heart, yielding a book about the human side of golf and other sports.

This is the story of my guide service's biggest Lake Texoma striper. It held first place place from March 2015 all he way to May 2023. My youngest son and his friend Hunter had the week off school, but no one else did in our area, so all week long it seemed like we had the lake to ourselves. Two weeks after this amazing few days of fishing, the lake flooded to its maximum capacity. Washed in debris forced all the fish toward the dam, and then they had no choice but to open the spillways, causing all the lake's huge fish to wash out into the Red River. It's been a slow rise back to form for ...

What did the basketball player wear to her school dance? A hoop skirt! These silly sports jokes are sure to be a hit.

When her first horse came with the same name as the hero of her favorite book, Misty of Chincoteague, it seemed like a match made in heaven. However, it didn’t take long for Sarah to learn that there is no such thing as a good fairy tale without a little trouble. It turns out that horses cause a lot of trouble.

As a cricketer, broadcaster and celebrity jungle-dweller, Phil Tufnell has travelled the world far and wide. From the great cricket tours of Australia and South Africa to his equally memorable jaunts to Benidorm and Blackpool, Phil has spent much of his life living out of a suitcase, meeting a host of colourful and memorable characters along the way. The Tourist takes you out on the road, into the dressing room and behind the scenes of the commentary box to reveal just what really happens on Tour.

Stricken with a lifelong obsession for offshore fishing, Jeff Nichols had been running part-time charters out of Montauk Harbor, once dubbed “the sport fishing capital of the world”, for 10 years with mediocre results. Most of the time, he just brought friends out and considered a trip successful if the customers didn’t stiff him, walk off with his gear, or puke all over him. Then he started a Groupon campaign and became one of the busiest captains in Montauk, sailing twice a day all week long. But unbeknownst to his customers, he was ill-prepared and grossly underqualified.

In Sport, the term 'good bloke' doesn't mean what it says. Like 'fun run', it in fact often means the exact opposite. Titus O'Reily, the sports historian Australia neither needs nor deserves, examines why our nation's sportspeople can do terrible things yet be so readily forgiven. In this Great Southern Land, a sportsman can be excused almost any sin if he is elevated to the mythical status of being a 'good bloke'. So, what does it take to earn the title of 'good bloke'? And can female athletes be good blokes, too?

‘Have toilets really changed so much over the years that I have been going camping?’ Join Alison in this humorous collection of memories from over 50 years of camping whether it be in a tent, caravan or motorhome. Toilets seem to crop up with frequency along with beautiful locations and the idiosyncrasies of the outdoor life.

Cheeky. Irreverent. Dark. Silly. Fun. Glorious Days- The Big Anthology of Cross Lake Tales for Grown-Ups brings all the stories and images from the first two Cross Lake Tall Tales for Grown-Ups into one collection for your enjoyment and convenience. These stories are set in the Cross Lake area of Central New York, but anyone who lives on or near one of America's lakes or rivers will find some foolish thing to relate to as you explore a unique range of easy-reading tall tales. There's just enough truth and historical accuracy in the mix to keep you thinking while you get lost in the lunacy ...

This bumper collection of the funniest anecdotes, jokes and stories from cricket's best-loved personalities proves that cricket is a funny game—even when rain stops play! In this special audio edition, you can hear not only the most popular stories told by five of the game's all-time great characters—Richie Benaud, Dickie Bird, Henry Blofeld, Brian Johnston and Fred Trueman—but also the humour of famous cricketers such as Ian Botham, Andrew Flintoff, Justin Langer, Shane Warne, and modern players including Jimmy Anderson, Joe Root and Ben Stokes.

Commissioners fed up - players angry at mandated educational seminar attendance! But that's what happened, and the commissioners aren't backing down. All pro athletes have to attend a course or seminar unrelated to sports every year. Dark days for the athletes until one of them sees an ad for the upcoming S.E.S. "Trash Talk" symposium. How perfect is that? None of the athletes knew, or even cared, what S.E.S. was, but trash talk was their specialty. Word of the meeting spread among the athletes like wildfire....

Why did you invite the mushroom to the camping trip? Because he's a fun-gi! Get ready to have tons of laughs and fun that will keep you entertained for hours on your next camping trip! A must-have at either the campfire or to enjoy at home!

Das wohl verrückteste Laufjahr seit der Erfindung des Marathons. Nimm das, Schweinehund! Als sich der Mehltau des zweiten Lockdowns über Deutschland legt, fasst der beliebte Comedian und inoffizielle Weltmeister im Langsamschwimmen Wigald Boning einen folgenreichen Entschluss: Ich werde ein Jahr lang Marathon laufen. Jede Woche einen. 52 mal 42 Kilometer, komme, was wolle. "Lauf, Wigald, lauf!" ist seine herrlich schräge Liebeserklärung an die Langstrecke, an die Kraft der Unvernunft und an all seine Begleiterinnen und Begleiter durch ein Jahr voller Aufs und Abs.

Ein Hörbuch zur Fußball-Fankultur und den wahren Gründen für den Titelgewinn der Fußball-WM in Brasilien 2014. Gewidmet ist das Werk "allen friedlich gemeinsam feiernden Fans dieser Welt". Vier Fußball-Fans auf einem wundervollen Road-Trip - wenn da nicht immer eine Frau dazwischen kommen würde... Die Freunde Michel, Norberto, Herrmann und Osvaldo wollen unbedingt in Rio de Janeiro unmittelbar vor dem größten Stadion der Welt, dem legendären Maracana, schwenken. Saarländer tun das schließlich überall. Das Problem: Osvaldos Frau. Sie kommt "ihrem" Osvaldo ständig in die Quere und bringt das Vorhaben arg in Bedrängnis.

Eleven-year-old Tommy has dreamed of being on the Bulldogs sports team forever. The Bulldogs eat, breathe, and fart sports. They’re part of the elusive Super Sports Society in his hometown, and Tommy knows that if he makes the team, he’ll be set up for life. Meanwhile, Pel would rather be at home gaming in the air conditioning, but his mom decided that he has to “be a role model” to his little siblings (ugh!), and now he’s trying out for the Bulldogs too. At least that means the two BFFs won’t be in competition for the spot . . . right? (Wrong.)