The winner of the 2010 CASEY Award, given to the best baseball book of the year by Spitball Magazine, is Howard Bryant, author of The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron.
Bryant also won the award in 2002 for Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston, thus becoming the first author to win multiple CASEYs.
The award will be presented at a luncheon on Sunday, March 6, at 2 p.m. at Wildman Walker’s Boomerang’s Bar & Grill, Cincinnati. Howard is not scheduled to appear at the event.
Mark Schmetzer and Joe Jacobs, coauthors of The Comeback Kids: Cincinnati Reds 2010 Championship Season and Dr. Tom Tomsick, author of Strike Three!, a memoir of his days with the Cleveland Indians organization, will be the guest speakers.
Cost is $10 and includes a copy of new issue of Spitball Magazine, a subscription for 2011 to Spitball and hot dogs. There will also be a book sale and a trivia quiz.
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