An occasional wrap-up of things that have fallen through the cracks.
A review of Baseball Is America: Origins and History: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Victor Alexander Baltov, Jr.
- A review of Fifty-Nine in ’84, Edward Achorn’s biography of Hoss Radbourn.
- Len Berman, author of a new kid’s book on the greats of the game, will be a speaker at the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival next month.
- WBUR, Boston’s public radio outlet, ran this segment on “The Case Of The Baseball Painting Mystery” (with a link to the audio). The topic: what just might be the first visiaul depiction of baseball.
- Speaking of Boston (sort of), author Talmage Boston will discuss Baseball and the Baby Boomer and 1939: Baseball’s Tipping Point at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 26, at Uptown Bar & Grill 2523 McKinney Ave., in Dallas, TX. $15; includes burger and beer. The event benefits Reading & Radio Resource.
- A profile of Marty Dobrow, author of Knocking on Heaven’s Door: Six Minor Leaguers in Search of the Baseball Dream.
- The Rough Edges blog posted this entry about baseball fiction.
- Just in time for Halloween, this piece on Field of Screams: Haunted Tales from the Baseball Diamond, the Locker Room and Beyond, by Dan Gordon and Mickey Bradley.
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