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Lipman Pike

Because this would look nice on a bookshelf

January 25, 2016

Early baseball star Lipman Emanuel “Lip” Pike is the subject of the 2016 annual brass medal from the American Israel Numismatic Association. The Prooflike medal measures 32 millimeters in diameter and has a mintage limit of 500 pieces. The pieces were struck at the Highland Mint. All AINA members receive an example of the medal […]

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Literary birthday greetings: Lipman Pike

May 25, 2011

The first Jewish major Leaguer was born this date in 1845. A few months back I did an interview with Richard Michelson, author of a new children’s book about Pike. You can hear it here.

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Hall of Fame sponsors authors series

May 4, 2011

From a press release issued by the baseball hall of Fame: This year, some of baseball’s greatest storytellers are coming to Cooperstown to share their work as part of the Museum’s annual Authors’ Series offerings. The Hall of Fame’s Summer Authors’ Series gets under way May 28 and continues throughout June, July and August. The […]

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The Bookshelf Podcast: Richard Michelson

March 27, 2011 · 1 comment

Regular visitors know I rarely consider juvenile literature, but once in awhile an “important” book comes along that deserves attention. Previously it was Kadir Nelson’s We Are The Ship, an introduction to young readers about the Negro Leagues. This time it’s Richard Michelson’s Lipman Pike: America’s First Home Run King, a picture book about the […]

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