With eight days to go, Heather Quinlan’s Kickstarter project is less than $10,000 short of the $50K goal. Make it happen, people!
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August 13, 2014
With eight days to go, Heather Quinlan’s Kickstarter project is less than $10,000 short of the $50K goal. Make it happen, people!
Tagged as: Heather Quinland, Kickstarter, New York Mets
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July 10, 2014
Can you believe it’s been almost 30 years since the NY Mets won their last championship? That’s a generation. Not that I’m complaining. Could be worse (see, Chicago Cubs). But anniversaries are great for books and movies, so Heather Quinlan is taking up the challenge for ’86 Mets: The Movie. As you can tell from […]
Tagged as: baseball documentary, Heather Quinlan, Kickstarter, New York Mets
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July 9, 2014
I am working on a “Bookshelf Conversation” podcast with Heather Quinlan, producer of a new documentary about the 1986 New York Mets. Quinlan is trying to raise $50,000 for her project via Kickstarter. (There are similar sites , but who has time to go through them all? Perhaps this will motivate you to investigate further.) […]
Tagged as: baseball app, baseball documentary, baseball news, Kickstarter, New York Mets
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July 3, 2014
Trying to clear out the old mail box before the holiday: MLB historian John Thorn posted this photo on Facebook of a joint 1969 publication, ostensibly by Pete Rose and Denny McLain: At the time, Rose and McLain were the best in the game. Dayn Perry, author of a couple of baseball books of his […]
Tagged as: Bergino Baseball Clubhouse, Dan Epstein, Denny McLain, Jonathan Eig, Keith Olbermann, Kickstarter, Lou Gehrig, New York Mets, Pete Rose, scorekeeping, Sportswriting, Ty Cobb, youth baseball
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In my most recent "day job," I was the sports and features editor for a weekly New Jersey newspaper, where I hosted another blog. Busy, busy, busy.
I did a profile piece on the award-winning cartoonist Arnold Roth and he was nice enough to "immortalize" me.
In Forbes Magazine re: Baseball Business Books
On Will Carroll’s “Under the Knife” substack
Updated 9/20/23
Calico Joe, by Robert Grisham
Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments, by Joe Posnanski (via Bookreporter)
The Last Miracle: My 18-Year Journey with the Amazin’ New York Mets, by Ed Kranepool with Gary Kaschak
Most recent books read updated 9/20/23:
No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood , by Erin Carlson
Grade: B-. A bit too much about director Penny Marshall. Could have used more info about thew actual filming of the movie. Not enough about the "lesbian issue," but that might be for a different book.
Smart, Wrong, and Lucky: The Origin Stories of Baseball's Unexpected Stars, by Jonathan Mayo
Grade: B. Only a handful of players with so many thousands from which to choose?
The New Ballgame: The Not-So-Hidden Forces Shaping Modern Baseball, by Russell A. Carleton
Grade: A+. Years ago, Leonard Koppett wrote The Thinking Fan's Guide to Baseball. This one could qualify as a worthy successor.
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