The Baseball Hall of Fame will host 11 Authors Series events throughout the season, bringing noted baseball authors to Cooperstown for special lectures and book signings.
Among the highlights of the 2015 Authors Series is an appearance by former major league pitcher Masanori Murakami, the first Japanese-born player in the history of major league baseball. Other popular topics to be covered in other Author Series programs include Babe Ruth’s called shot and the 1975 Boston Red Sox.
Authors will discuss their work and take questions from the audience in the program, then sign copies of their books for fans. Seating in the Bullpen Theater is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
The Authors Series programs are held in the Museum’s Bullpen Theater at 1 p.m. and are included with Museum admission.
The schedule for the summer includes (links go to any entry I’ve posted about the particular author/book):
June 24 – Tony Oliva: The Life and Times of a Minnesota Twins Legend, by Thom Henninger
July 1 – Seeing Home: The Ed Lucas Story, by Ed Lucas
July 4 – Mashi: The Unfulfilled Baseball Dreams of Masanori Murakami, by Robert Fitts
July 8 – Spilt Season: 1981: Fernandomania, the Bronx Zoo and the Strike That Saved Baseball, by Coopertsown’s own mayor, Jeff Katz
July 15 – The 1975 Red Sox, by Raymond Sinibaldi
July 18 – 100 Years of Who’s Who in Baseball, by Doug Lyons
July 29 – Billy Martin: Baseball’s Flawed Genius, by Bill Pennington
August 5 – Babe Ruth’s Called Shot, by Ed Sherman
August 19 – Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty, By Charlie Leerhsen
August 22 – Amazing Aaron to Zero Zippers, by Matt Nadel
August 26 – Out at Home: The Glenn Burke Story, by Erik Sherman
For more information on Hall of Fame programs, visit baseballhall.org/events.
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