I listened with extra care to this week’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me. The guest for the “Not My Job” segment was ex-major leaguer Doug Glanville. I was waiting for a Moose Skowron/ Rob Neyer moment, but as far as I can tell, it never came. (In fact, part of me fantasized that host Peter Sagal warned Glanville that there’s some nut out there who goes around slaying myths, so watch it!)
Glanville, a thoughtful and amusing fellow who, among other interests, contributes the Heading Home column on The New York Times website, brought up an incident in the minors when he charged the mound after being hit by a pitch, but I’m not about to start digging to see if it’s wholly accurate.
And if you enjoy his HH columns, look for a book next year, according to his website,
Times Books editorial director Paul Golob acquired world rights to an untitled book by Doug Glanville, former centerfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers; David M. Larabell at David Black made the sale. Glanville’s debut, an account of a year in the life of major league baseball players, will open a window on how players prepare for games, spend their free time, deal with trades or injury, and the interactions with managers and coaches. The project grows out of Heading Home, Glanville’s online column for the New York Times. Expected pub date is spring 2010.
In other NPR/baseball items:
- Zev Chafets, author of Cooperstown Confidential, was interviewed on Only a Game, riding on the coattails of the HoF induction weekend
- Larry Tye (Satchel) was the guest on WAMU’s Diane Rehm Show.
All of these programs are available on iTunes, as well as through their respective websites.
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