The Resume

(May 25, 1935-September 16, 2016)
Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Birth name is William Patrick Kinsella
Wrote the novel 'Shoeless Joe' (1982)
Wrote the short story collections 'Dance Me Outside' (1977), 'The Aligator Report' (1985), 'The Dixon Cornbelt League and Other Baseball Stories' (1993) and 'Japanese Baseball and Other Stories' (2000)

Why he might be annoying:

He called Canada 'a nation of docile and gutless people beset by an accountant mentality.'
He said if it wasn't for medical insurance he would move to the states. (Worrying about how much your insurance costs sounds kinda like an 'accountant mentality.')
He called writers 'an oppressed minority.'

Why he might not be annoying:

'Shoeless Joe' was the basis for the film 'Field of Dreams.'
When Christine Lahti won an Oscar for a short film based on his story 'Lieberman in Love,' he noted 'They thanked everybody and their dog but me.' (Lahti and her co-producer took out a full page ad in Variety to apologize.)
He was hit by a car while walking (October 11, 1997), struck his head against the pavement, lost his senses of smell and taste, and found himself (as of 2009) unable to write fiction.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Brothers and Sisters, I Have None
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 25]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [May] (Ranked: 5251935)
• I am an Atheist
• I am Known by My Initials
• I Attended University of Iowa
• I Come from Canada
• I Died in 2016 (Ranked: 81)
• I Have Diabetes
• I was Home Schooled
• I was Involved in a Car Accident in 1997
• Order of Canada Recipients
• Pizza Shop Workers
• Profiles 27501-27750 (Ranked: 27556)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20160916)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 75 Votes: 42.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 20 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 18 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 55 Votes: 67.27% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 112 Votes: 37.50% Annoying