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, beginning with an

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in the summer of 2003, and throughout the 2004 season, from spring training to the

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. The book was dedicated to Victoria Snelgrove, an Emerson College student who was struck in the eye by a projectile fired by the

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during crowd-control actions near

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following Game 7 of the American League Championship Series, resulting in her death approximately 12 hours later. On May 4, 2007, ''

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'' reported that HBO would be adapting the book into a six-part miniseries for 2008. In September 2008, King wrote, "The script is just goddamn hilarious." There is, however, no indication that such a miniseries was actually made.

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