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Saturday, March 27, 2004
King's book might scare fans right out of their sox
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All Boston Red Sox fans know that following the famously ill-fated baseball team for an entire season can be absolutely frightening. So it makes sense that horror master Stephen King wants to write a book about the experience. King, of Bangor, is teaming with fellow Sox fan and horror writer Stewart O'Nan of Connecticut to do a book chronicling the 2004 Red Sox season from spring training through the October playoffs. According to King's Web site, the two authors will attend games throughout the season together and keep diaries. Their notes will be made into a book. "They'll argue or agree about plays and trades, and the result will be a fan's notes for the ages," the posting reads. The diaries will be published as a book by Scribner, due out in late 2004. The two writers do not have a set amount of games they plan to attend, said King's assistant in Bangor, Marsha DeFilippo. She said King was not available for comment Friday. King, winner last fall of an honorary National Book Award, has written horror classics such as "The Shining," "The Stand" and "Carrie." King's first TV series, "Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital" debuted on ABC earlier this month. King also wrote "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" about a young fan of the former Sox pitcher who gets lost in the woods and finds comfort in listening to Sox games on her radio. King is a longtime Sox season ticket holder and often visits the team's spring training site in Fort Myers, Fla. King has a home near Sarasota, Fla. He spent a lot of time there this winter, recuperating from pneumonia that landed him in the hospital for about a month late last year. Like most Sox fans, King has a sense of fatalism about his favorite ball team, since the Sox haven't won a World Series since 1918 and seem to find incredible ways to lose. People say they are cursed, which means they are right up King's alley. King told the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram last month how he enjoyed reading New York newspaper accounts during the winter of how the Sox had gained the upper hand on their arch rivals, the New York Yankees, because they acquired pitcher Curt Schilling in the off-season. The Red Sox having the upper hand in anything is a rare occurrence, and often unsettling to hard-core fans. But then late in the winter, the Yankees acquired arguably the best player in baseball, Alex Rodriguez, to one-up the Sox. "Now everything is back to normal," said King. Material from the Associated Press was used in this report. Staff Writer Ray Routhier can be contacted at 791-6454 or at:
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