First of all, congratulations to Linda P. of Lindenhurst, IL, winner of last week’s book, Stars and Strikes: Baseball and America in the Bicentennial Summer of ’76, by Dan Epstein. Thank you all for your comments. This week’s offering is the brand-spankin’ new Down to the Last Pitch: How the 1991 Minnesota Twins and Atlanta […]
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From Wendel’s Facebook post: For those in the D.C. area, I’ll be appearing with Tom Dunkel, author of Color Blind, tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 4, at One More Page Books in Arlington, Va. Yep, that’s the place the president did his Christmas shopping. Fun starts at 7 p.m.
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History is not supposed to be something I’ve lived through. History is supposed to be something that happened well before I was born. It was therefore with a mix of nostalgia and dread that I read Tim Wendell‘s Summer of ’68: The Season That Changed Baseball–and America–Forever. 1968 was the first year I really started […]
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The Bergino Baseball Clubhouse, located at 67 East 11th Street in Manhattan, has just announced their spring lineup of author discussions and as usual it’s packed with all-stars. Wednesday, April 18: Tim Wendel, author of Summer of ’68: The Season That Changed Baseball–and America–Forever Thursday, April 26: Harvey Araton, Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron […]
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The author of the new Summer of ’68: The Season That Changed Baseball–and America–Forever will be at the famous Politics & Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington D.C. (202-364-1919), on Saturday, April 14, at 1 p.m. Wendel, a former baseball writer for USA Today, also wrote High Heat: The Secret History of the Fastball and […]
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A couple of book-related items in today’s New Yotk Times sports section: In the print edition, Tim Wendel wrote “They Could Throw That Speedball,” as part of the “Spotlight” column, about the difficulties in coming up with the definitive answer to the question, “who was the fastest pitcher in history?” With all due respect to […]
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A couple of book-related items in today’s New Yotk Times sports section: In the print edition, Tim Wendel wrote “They Could Throw That Speedball,” as part of the “Spotlight” column, about the difficulties in coming up with the definitive answer to the question, “who was the fastest pitcher in history?” With all due respect to […]
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