MLB's first deaf player in decades 'felt the cheers'; Curtis Pride details his career in new book

“I Felt the Cheers: The Remarkable Silent Life of Curtis Pride,” by Curtis Pride with Doug Ward, Kensington Books, 226 pages It was just another late season Major League Baseball game in Montreal in 1993 when Expos rookie Curtis Pride delivered the first hit of his career. The fans, as is custom, stood and applauded the feat. Pride, after all, came off the bench to double in two runs in the eighth inning to cut the visiting team's lead that night to one. But on this night, the fans kept...