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A Letter from a Fan
Occasionally, out of the ether, a missive arrives that tells us that our writing hasn’t fallen on deaf ears. We were delighted to receive an email from Parth Taneja, a law student in Washington, D.C. The letter (slightly edited for length … Continue reading
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Tagged Ken Burns
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2014 Major League Predictions
In time-honored fashion, and this being the ROTB Project blog-number 499, here come my (Evander’s) guesses for the 2014 Major League Baseball season. (“Predictions” is such a silly word. Who could? Well, I! in this 2-year-old podcast.) American League East: … Continue reading
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Tagged American League, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Don Baylor, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Los Angeles Dodgers, National League, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Washington Nationals
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An Ordinary Over the Hump Day in Queens
Today is 70 years and 366 days since Joe DiMaggio’s mind-bending 56-game hitting streak began: with a meager (though RBI) single against the Chicago White Sox. Right Off the Bat celebrated the seventieth anniversary with a podcast a year ago. … Continue reading
Unusual Opening Day for Yankees and Movie with the Literal Hollywood Ending
Yesterday, also Good Friday for the Western Church and the start of Passover at sundown for all Jews, happened to be Opening Day for the New York Yankees—first pitch after 3 p.m. It wound up the first Opening Day meltdown … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Campanis, Brooklyn Dodgers, Carl Hubbell, Joe Girardi, Major League Baseball, Mariano Rivera, Mark McGwire, New York Giants, Nick Swisher, San Francisco Giants, Wild Card, Yankee Stadium
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Kansas City Library Association Talk Now Available
The audio for my (Martin’s) talk on cricket and baseball is now available online at the Kansas City Library Association website. Click here to hear it.
Audio Interview with Bruce Berglund of New Books in Sports Now Available
You can visit the site and listen to our best interview yet, by clicking here.
All Things Must Pass
We signed books in Kingston at Half Moon Books as well as Inquiring Minds in New Paltz yesterday, helping (in our small way) to support traditional, fine independent book shops while, at the same time, selling our first Kindle edition … Continue reading
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Tagged Joe DiMaggio, Literature
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The BookExpoAmerica Podcast Is Now Available
You can listen to the Mp3 podcast here.
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Right Off the Bat at BookExpo America
Here’s a video of our time at BookExpo America, page 64. You can also listen to the extended interviews in our podcast here.
Right Off the Bat Book Featured at BookExpo America
Wednesday, May 25, noon, booth 3353, we are signing the first copies of Right Off the Bat for the book trade at BookExpo America. It promises to be a lively time. Our publisher, Paul Dry, will be on hand of … Continue reading