num_pages: 304
description: In this New York Times bestselling memoir the announcer of the biggest sporting events in the countryincluding the 2017 Super Bowl and this century's most-watched historic Chicago Cubswinning World Seriesreveals why he is one lucky bastard.Sports fans see Joe Buck broadcasting one of the biggest games in the NFL every week calling the World Series every year announcing the Super Bowl every three years. They know his father Jack Buck is a broadcasting legend and that he was beloved in his adopted hometown of St. Louis. Yet they have no idea who Joe really is. Or how he got here. They dont know how he almost blew his career. They havent read his funniest and most embarrassing stories or heard about his interactions with the biggest sports stars of this era. They dont know how hard he can laugh at himselfor that he thinks some of his critics have a point. And they dont know what it was really like to grow up in his fathers shadow. Joe and Jack were best friends but it wasnt that simple. Jack the voice of the St. Louis Cardinals for almost fifty years helped Joe get his broadcasting start at eighteen. But Joe had to prove himself first as a minor league radio announcer and then on local TV national TV with ESPN and then finally on FOX. He now has a successful Emmy-winning career but only after a lot of dues-paying learning and pretty damn entertaining mistakes that are recounted in this book. In his memoir Joe takes us through his life on and off the field. He shares the lessons he learned from his father the errors he made along the way and the personal mountain he climbed and conquered all of which have truly made him a Lucky Bastard . 
language: English
title: Lucky Bastard: My Life, My Dad, and the Things I'm Not Allowed to Say on TV
publisher: Dutton