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<p><strong><span style=”color: #d70039;”>Ripken on the Road</span></strong><br />Baseball legend and co-author of <em>The Longest Season</em> (Penguin Young Readers), Cal Ripken, Jr., was at Whitman High School in Huntington, NY, on April 11, discussing his new children’s book. (Ripken also has a new adult title on the market, from Penguin’s Gotham imprint, called <em>Get in the Game: 8 Elements of Perseverance That Make the Difference</em>.) Ripken is pictured here during a Q&amp;A session with students.&nbsp; &nbsp;Photo credit: Publishersweekly.com</p>

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<p><strong><em>New York Sun</em> and <em>7</em></strong><br />The <em>New York Sun</em> published <a href=”http://www.nysun.com/article/52194″>this piece </a>by Richard Tofel, author of <span class=”article_small” id=”article”><em>A Legend in the Making: The New York Yankees in 1939, </em></span>on Golenbock’s novel in its issue of April 11. </p>

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<p><strong>NPR: baseball author heaven <br /></strong>Former major league pitcher and coach <strong>Mel Stottlemyre</strong> (<em>Pride and Pinstripes</em>) becomes the latest author to be <a href=”http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2007/04/11″>featured on National Public Radio</a>, appearing on the Leonard Lopate show on April 11. </p>

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