Bits and pieces, Feb. 6, 2015

February 6, 2015

https://i0.wp.com/d3myrwj42s63no.cloudfront.net/180/978/161/039/401/7/9781610394017.jpg?resize=144%2C218&ssl=1* Josh Wilker’s forthcoming book, Benchwarmer: An Anxious Dad’s Almanac of Fatherhood and Other Failures gets a thumbs up from Kirkus. Upshot: “This almanac of fatherhood (and other failures) is honest, relatable and humorous—an indispensable read for fathers (and sons) whose joy in life comes not from winning the big game but being alive to witness the beauty of its happening.”

* The Edmonton Journal marked the 26th anniversary of native son W.P. Kinsella’s Shoeless Joe Goes to Iowa into the classic baseball flick,  Field of Dreams.

* Ben Blatt, co-author of I Don’t Care If We Never Get Back: 30 Games in 30 Days on the Best Worst Baseball Road Trip Ever, was a recent guest on Portland, Maine’s WCSH to talk about the upcoming season (video).

* The Minneapolis Star-Tribune posted this brief review about Roger Kahn’s Rickey & Robinson.

* Today being Babe Ruth‘s birthday, the NY Daily News “reposted” this story written upon his death in 1948.

 

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