The chicken runs at midnight : a daughter's message from heaven that changed a father's heart and won a world series
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Published
Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zondervan,, [2018].
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"Rich Donnelly was a minor league catcher who never quite got the chance to play in the big leagues. So he became obsessed with reaching the Major Leagues as a coach. While climbing the ladder to his dream job as third base coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates, he became mostly an absentee father who was eventually divorced by his wife. Worse yet, he had a falling out with his only daughter, Amy, who was unafraid to tell her her father where he fell s how he could improve. Then it happened. In March of 1992, seventeen-year-old Amy called her dad to tell him she was going to have brain surgery. A tumor had been found. In October, Rich invited her to Game Five of the 1992 NLCS between the Pirates and the Atlanta Braves. That's when an unlikely cheer was born. From the stands, Amy observed her dad yelling instructions to the runners on second base and jokingly asked him afterwards if he was telling them, The chicken runs at midnight. The saying stuck. In late January of 1993, Amy died, but not before her dad and her three brothers had let the battle cry be etched into their lives. It stood for never giving in. It stood for challenging your obstacles. It stood for Amy. Rich renewed his life of faith, speaking out for God and what he could do in a persons life if the person paid attention. Four years later, in 1997, after Coach Donnelly had become third base coach for the Florida Marlins, he and his sons brought the battle cry of the chicken with them. That year, the Marlins reached the World Series against Cleveland, a classic that culminated with a seventh game that went extra innings. And the Marlins won that final game when a player nicknamed Chicken crossed home plate at exactly twelve midnight. The chicken had run at midnight"--Amazon.com.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Friend, T. (2018). The chicken runs at midnight: a daughter's message from heaven that changed a father's heart and won a world series . Zondervan, .
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Friend, Tom. 2018. The Chicken Runs At Midnight: A Daughter's Message From Heaven That Changed a Father's Heart and Won a World Series. Zondervan.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Friend, Tom. The Chicken Runs At Midnight: A Daughter's Message From Heaven That Changed a Father's Heart and Won a World Series Zondervan, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Friend, Tom. The Chicken Runs At Midnight: A Daughter's Message From Heaven That Changed a Father's Heart and Won a World Series Zondervan, , 2018.
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