Jim Kern's Tales of the Texas Rangers offers the reader a fascinating look at the ?fun side? of professional baseball from one of the game's most eccentric characters. 1979 AL Rolaids Relief Award winner Jim Kern (aka ?The Amazing Emu?) survived seven years in the Cleveland minor league chain in the late 60's and early 70's to become a threetime American League All Star. Emu and many of his friends will tell stories that have never been told before, by the people and big league players that instigated them.