https://www.tvkiese.com/home daily 1.0 2021-10-31 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61192c34be426615cf0b8acc/t/61192f604d93de1bc1d1ec5b/1635696924151/1+Nuxhall+cover.jpg Home - "If you loved Joe Nuxhall like I did, the new book by John Kiesewetter is a must read … The memories of Joe will live forever and John's new book is a good reason why. You'll love this one!" — Marty Brennman, Reds Hall of Fame broadcaster Readers Love 'The Old Lefthander & Me" Reds fans are loving my book, “Joe Nuxhall: The Old Lefthander & Me,” filled with Nuxy’s favorite stories from 60+ years as the beloved radio broadcaster and pitcher – about his 31-year partnership with Marty Brennaman, his popular after-dinner stories about his teammates and Red stars, the pranks Marty & Joe pulled on each other off the air, and Joe's all-time Reds lineup. Part of the proceeds from the book benefit the Nuxhall Foundation. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61192c34be426615cf0b8acc/t/617ec1e00a2a7157cbb950a4/1635697388637/Jim+Maloney%2C+Kim+and+Donzetta+8.31.2021.jpg Home - What readers are saying about 'The Old Lefthander & Me’ "Get this book! I did! If you're a fan of the Reds when Joe did play-by-play, this is a must read!" -- Mike Mingo, Dayton Ohio "John Kiesewetter knows stories about Joe Nuxhall that you haven't heard before. Stories of Nuxhall's playing days as well as his 37 years calling games for the Reds Radio Network on 700 WLW – heard from the man himself. The book includes tales of Nuxhall facing the great Stan Musial in his first inning, throwing a spitter to Willie Mays and pitching batting practice to the Big Red Machine…" --Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer " 'Joe Nuxhall: The Old Lefthander & Me' was wonderful! Can't tell you how many times I burst out laughing while reading. Thank you for a great book about a Cincinnati and Hamilton treasure!” --Mark Ingram, Cincinnati "John Kiesewetter has penned an absolute must read book about the Old Lefthander. Nuxy's all-time Reds team is in the book, that's fantastic. It's just a fabulous read from start to finish." --Lance McAlister, 700 WLW "Sports Talk" host "Thanks for a great book about my great friend and teammate!" --Jim Maloney, Cincinnati Reds pitcher 1960-70 (at left with Joe’s wife Donzetta Nuxhall and their son Kim) " 'Joe Nuxhall: The Old Lefthander & Me' is a must read for all of us who listened to Hamilton Joe unashamedly root hard for the Reds and call home runs by yelling, ‘Get up, get up, get up, get outta here!' … As Nuxhall would have put it, 'You talk about a great book and this certainly is one.' " --Hal McCoy, Hall of Fame baseball writer at halmccoy.com "Great read! This is one of my favorite baseball books of all times. It is obvious that this was a labor of love on John's behalf, getting so many interviews into one book… I highly recommend it to any fan of baseball, not just Cincinnati Reds.” --Bill Lawrence, Villa Hills Kentucky https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61192c34be426615cf0b8acc/t/617ecda2ae046e0af4171873/1635700146176/Wiedemann+Poster+3.jpg Home https://www.tvkiese.com/about-me daily 0.75 2021-08-15 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61192c34be426615cf0b8acc/t/611935d8df307e4afecc8af2/1629042169326/19+With+ABOUT+AUTHOR+Kiese+%26+Wiedemann+poster+-+Copy.jpg About Me About the Author John Kiesewetter For more than three decades, John Kiesewetter has been the Cincinnati authority on TV, broadcasting and media. His stories, columns and blogs have covered national and local broadcasting breaking news and trends; chronicled local TV/radio personalities and the stars who grew up here (George Clooney, Josh Hutcherson and Woody Harrelson, to name three); and explored Cincinnati’s rich broadcasting history. As the Cincinnati Enquirer's TV/radio columnist, "TV Kiese" traveled to Los Angeles three dozen times to interview TV's biggest stars: Jerry Seinfeld, Mark Harmon, Jennifer Garner, Oprah Winfrey, Will Smith, Will Ferrell, Tiny Fey, David Letterman, Bob Newhart, Alex Trebek, Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Gregory Peck, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Roy Rogers and Fred Rogers. John always tried to catch TV show tapings on his trips, which enabled him to write about the making of "Friends," "Seinfeld," "ER," "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "Home Improvement," "NYPD Blue," "Everybody Loves Raymond," "The Daily Show," "The New WKRP in Cincinnati," David Letterman's "Late Show," "Tonight" shows hosted by Johnny Carson and Jay Leno, "Oprah," "Larry King Live" and his most memorable set visit, a day at "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." When Hollywood productions came to Cincinnati, John covered filming of George Clooney’s “The Ides of March," Cate Blanchett’s "Carol," Mariah Carey's "A Christmas Melody" and director Ron Howard's "Hillbilly Elegy" filmed in Middletown, Ohio, his hometown. But his favorite trips were to the Reds radio booth at Riverfront Stadium and Great American Ball Park to watch announcers Joe Nuxhall and Marty Brennaman. A sports lover, John also reported from the Super Bowl XXIII in Miami in 1989 and the 1990 World Series, and interviewed Cris Collinsworth, Al Michaels, John Madden, Dan Patrick, Pete Rose, Vin Scully, Red Barber, Bob Costas and Bob Trumpy. (He’s pictured with his favorite item in the Reds Hall of Fame, Nuxhall’s 1960’s Wiedemann Beer poster.) John grew up in Middletown, Ohio, about 35 miles north of Cincinnati, as a huge Cincinnati Reds fan. His favorite player was fellow lefthander Joe Nuxhall, a Reds pitcher from just down the road in Hamilton, Ohio. While attending Ohio University, John began his journalism career as summer newsroom intern at the Middletown Journal. After graduating from OU in June 1975, he joined the Cincinnati Enquirer as a summer intern and managed to parlay that into a 40-year-career as a reporter, editor and columnist. Before taking over the TV beat in 1985, he was the county government reporter and helped cover the 1977 Beverly Hills Supper Club fire aftermath; the suburban and regional news editor overseeing reporters in seven counties and the Columbus statehouse bureau; and the features editor supervising a 25-person staff producing the daily Tempo section plus weekly Food, Weekend, Arts & Entertainment sections and local Sunday magazine. John volunteered to return to writing in 1985 when his TV critic quit. The job sounded like a lot of fun – and it was! When the TV beat was eliminated in 2014, John left the paper to continue his media coverage in 2015 for Cincinnati Public Radio's NPR affiliate, WVXU-FM and wvxu.org. Visit his Media Beat blog at WVXU. His stories have been honored by the Cincinnati and Ohio Society of Professional Journalists and Gannett. John was named the Distinguished Catholic Communicator of the Year by the Cincinnati Salesian Guild in 2000. He's also a former Television Critics Association board member. John lives in Fairfield, Ohio, with his wife, Sue, a freelance reporter for the Enquirer. They have three adult sons. That's my story! --Kiese https://www.tvkiese.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-08-15 https://www.tvkiese.com/book-preview daily 0.75 2021-08-29 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61192c34be426615cf0b8acc/t/612bd9643e5f680a3bd409d7/1630263678057/6+Front+of+chapter+Marty+%26+Joe+Reds+photo+1974.jpg Book Preview https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61192c34be426615cf0b8acc/t/612bdaf31e6ed972cf8d67b9/1630264064545/3+Front+of+chapter+-1958+Joe+pitching+in+Tampa+HOF.jpg Book Preview Joe Nuxhall told hilarious stories about his playing days and his explosive temper, making fans forget his accomplishments in a Reds uniform. He was no joke as a player. The Old Lefthander was a very good pitcher, without a doubt, in all honesty, to use a couple of his favorite phrases. In 16 seasons, Nuxhall won 135, lost 117 and struck out 1,372 for the Reds, Kansas City Athletics and Los Angeles Angels. He was 130-109 for the Reds, with a 3.80 earned run average, 20 shutouts, 18 saves and 1,289 strikeouts. Nuxhall set the Reds' franchise record for pitching 15 seasons, unbroken for more than 50 years through the 2021 season. When he retired in spring 1967, he was the club's all-time leader in games pitched (484) and strikeouts (1,289). Nuxhall had two spectacular seasons for the Reds, eight years apart, after being released by a second-year expansion team. At age 26 in 1955 – more than a decade after his disastrous 1944 debut– he was 17-12 with 14 complete games and a 3.47 ERA, and pitched in the All-Star Game. Fast-forward to 1963, after a year in the American League and another stint in the minors, when Nuxhall put together his best season, 15-8 with a 3.03 ERA, and earned the Cincinnati baseball writers' Comeback Of The Year Award at 35. Nuxy brought down the house at their banquet by saying, "I hope I never win this again." https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61192c34be426615cf0b8acc/t/612bdc0a507b286b92f46521/1630264346562/12+Front+of+chapter+Kroger+screen+grab.JPG Book Preview When Cincinnati's Kroger Co. decided to be a major Reds TV sponsor in 1984, advertising manager Sam Gingrich sought the services of Nuxhall and Brennaman against the advice of his Chicago advertising agency. The Chicago marketing experts wanted Kroger to sign a star player. Gingrich held firm. He knew more about Cincinnati and the 1984 Reds roster. The Big Red Machine had fallen apart since being swept by the Pirates in the 1979 NLCS. The Reds were coming off two consecutive last-place finishes, and a year removed from a franchise-worst 101 losses in 1982. Gone were Rose, Morgan, Bench, Foster, Seaver, Sparky, Griffey, Geronimo, Gullett, Nolan, Norman, Billingham, Borbon, Eastwick and McEnaney. That left Dave Concepcion, Dan Driessen, Nuxhall and Brennaman. Kroger's campaign was genius. It captured their friendship and elevated their status to local cultural icons. No longer were they just Marty and Joe on the radio; they were a TV comedy team pitching the hometown grocery chain in cleverly crafted commercials. Big Joe and his Little Buddy chewed fried chicken, flipped burgers, shopped Kroger aisles, prepped for picnics and taste-tested house brands while bantering about Cost-Cutter prices … Speaking to my Sacred Heart Church Knights of Columbus in the winter of 1994, Nuxhall said he was no longer recognized by young fans as a Reds broadcaster or former player. "Now I go somewhere and kids say, 'There's the Kroger man!' " https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61192c34be426615cf0b8acc/t/612bdccdbc615f3094377478/1630264548166/7.1+Front+of+chapter+Joe+tosses+ball+from+WLW+booth+1999.jpg Book Preview They were The Odd Couple. Hamilton Joe, the folksy hometown hero, and Marty, the "Poofy-Haired Fancy Boy," as Cincinnati Enquirer columnist Tim Sullivan dubbed him. Joe cheered balls over the wall with "Get outta here!, Get outta here!" as he did as a player from the dugout. If he caught a foul ball in the booth he'd toss it to a kid sitting in the seats below the booth … Joe was the blue-collar common man at the mic. He delivered a straight-forward narrative the best he could. He didn't pronounce every name right. In 1993 he called new Reds outfielder Cecil Espy "EPP-see," prompting a fan in Riverfront's green seats below the booth to shout: "Joe! It's ESS-pee!" Sixty years with the Reds, and Nuxhall spent more than half of them sitting next to his Little Buddy. As Brennaman was retiring in 2019, when the Reds celebrated the 150th anniversary of the 1869 Red Stockings, sportswriters noted that Marty had been around for nearly one-third of the team's history. However, Nuxhall's 64 years represented nearly 43% of the club's 150 years; thanks to Brennaman's references to Joe through 2019 Joe had a presence for 75 years, or half of Reds' history. "Sixty years in one organization, I'm very proud of that. I'm proud of the association I've had with this ballclub over the years, from the very first day I signed a contract in 1944," Nuxhall said in 2002. "The thrills I've had as a player, and in the radio booth with Marty, can't be matched in any way." https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61192c34be426615cf0b8acc/t/612bdd7ecb1c0a68811d8b26/1630264763737/2+Nuxhall+back+cover++FINAL+July+26.jpg Book Preview https://www.tvkiese.com/shop daily 0.75 2021-08-29 https://www.tvkiese.com/shop/p/joe-nuxhall-the-old-lefthander-me monthly 0.5 2021-08-29 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61192c34be426615cf0b8acc/61193d4342143923dabe9562/611961672d0ff36948ba3297/1630265167628/backCover1.jpg Purchase - Joe Nuxhall: The Old Lefthander & Me