Fell way behind, so here’s catching up. The nice things about this overall topic is that you can be a little late and the information is still valid (for the most part).
- From the Deseert News, this review of ’78: The Boston Red Sox, a Historic Game, and a Divided City, by Bill Reynolds
- The Asbury Park Press ran this feature on newsman Jim Lehrer whose latest novel, Oh, Johnny, considers a promising young ballplayer prior to, during, and post-World War II.
- BaseballDigest.com ran this review of Greg Prince’s Faith and Fear in Flushing. Look for my interview with Prince soon.
- Wickedlocal.com, a New England based website, profiled Amy Whorf McGuiggan, author of Take Me Out to the Ball Game/The Story of the Sensational Baseball Song, which she claims “is not a baseball book….Rather, it’s about an idea.” I’m glad she realizes that. Her essay on the song and how it became a seventh-inning tradion apeared in National Review Online.
- BleedingCubBlue, a site about the Tigers (duh), posted this review of The Ten Commandments of Baseball. by J.D. Thorne.
- HuggingHaroldReynolds published this Q&A with Jeff Pearlman, author of The Rocket That Fell to Earth.
- The Baseball Years on The Hardball Times
- StarNewsOnline (Wilmongton, NC), ran this review on Chasing Moonlight: The True Story of the ‘Field of Dreams” Doc Graham
- The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer ran this piece the inspiration for Jane Heller’s Confessions of a She-Fan.
- Jim Preller, kid’s fiction author (Six Innings), offers his list of top 10 baseball books.
- Since Roger Clemens pitched for the Toronto Blue Jays, should Canada take some “pride” in his accomplishments as well? This item comes from The Sarnia (Ontario) Observer. Here’s another one from the weekly Boston Phoenix.
- Lots of items about Alyssa Milano’s book, but there are ust as many about her celebrity babe status — if not more — than about the merits of her project (which are almost universally negative). They tend to run in the range of what an entrepreneurial woman she is (with her clothing line), and who knew she loved baseball so much, and photo ops or book signings, yada yada yada. Let’s leave it at that. I like to think you guys are above that stuff. If not, you can always Google about it.
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