New book unearths conversations with Reds legend Joe Nuxhall
Joe Nuxhall was a Cincinnati sports icon.
Popular as a Reds pitcher, beloved as a Reds broadcaster. His statue hurls a pitch outside Great American Ball Park. His catchphrase, “Rounding third and heading for home,” is emblazoned on the side of the stadium. Nuxhall is still ingrained in the city’s identity 14 years after his death.
John Kiesewetter knows stories about 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.
Kiesewetter followed the Old Lefthander for 29 years as the TV/radio columnist for The Enquirer and a lifetime as a fan.
“There’s a lot about Nux we don’t know,” said Kiesewetter, who now covers the media for 91.7 WVXU.
“I used to love to go to hear Nux speak to groups … and he’d go on for an hour, hour and a half, without notes, just telling us great stories,” said Kiesewetter. “When his book came out, his biography with Greg Hoard, none of those great stories were in it. So I began collecting the recordings I had and subsequent interviews over a 20-year span.”
Every chance Kiesewetter had to interview Nuxhall over the years, he’d get him to tell two or three of those stories.
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