Bits and pieces, March 19
March 19, 2012
- Alex Belth, author of Stepping Up: The Story of All-Star Curt Flood and His Fight for Baseball Players’ Rights
and Lasting Yankee Stadium Memories: Unforgettable Tales from the House That Ruth Built
, conducted this in-depth interview with Rob Fleder, editor of the new collection of essays, Damn Yankees: Twenty-Four Major League Writers on the World’s Most Loved (and Hated) Team
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- Recently joined the on-line Pinterest community. Very cool, the stuff you come across, like this list of favorite baseball books from Barbara Eiden-Molinaro.
- Ben Henry, host of the simply named Baseball Card Blog, was the subject of this interview on ArtifactCollectors.com.
- Harvey Araton recently published When the Garden Was Eden: Clyde, the Captain, Dollar Bill, and the Glory Days of the New York Knicks
. He follows that up with Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry, and Baseball’s Greatest Gift
, about the charming and ongoing relationship between Hall of Famer and former Yankee pitching great. USA Today ran this piece on the book late last week.
- The Canton (Ohio) Rep ran this interview with favorite son Dirk Hayhurst on his latest book,Out of My League
. Hayhurst was also grilled by Bill Littlfield on a recent edition of Only a Game. In this past program, Littlefield spoke with Robert Fitts, author of Banzai Babe Ruth: Baseball, Espionage, and Assassination during the 1934 Tour of Japan
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Curt Flood,
Damn Yankees,
Dirk Hayhurst,
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