- Alex Belth, author of Stepping Up: The Story of All-Star Curt Flood and His Fight for Baseball Players’ Rights and Lasting Yankee Stadium Memories: Unforgettable Tales from the House That Ruth Built, conducted this in-depth interview with Rob Fleder, editor of the new collection of essays, Damn Yankees: Twenty-Four Major League Writers on the World’s Most Loved (and Hated) Team.
- Recently joined the on-line Pinterest community. Very cool, the stuff you come across, like this list of favorite baseball books from Barbara Eiden-Molinaro.
- Ben Henry, host of the simply named Baseball Card Blog, was the subject of this interview on ArtifactCollectors.com.
- Harvey Araton recently published When the Garden Was Eden: Clyde, the Captain, Dollar Bill, and the Glory Days of the New York Knicks. He follows that up with Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry, and Baseball’s Greatest Gift, about the charming and ongoing relationship between Hall of Famer and former Yankee pitching great. USA Today ran this piece on the book late last week.
- The Canton (Ohio) Rep ran this interview with favorite son Dirk Hayhurst on his latest book,Out of My League. Hayhurst was also grilled by Bill Littlfield on a recent edition of Only a Game. In this past program, Littlefield spoke with Robert Fitts, author of Banzai Babe Ruth: Baseball, Espionage, and Assassination during the 1934 Tour of Japan.
Bits and pieces, March 19
March 19, 2012
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