Neyer to receive Casey Award

January 29, 2019

Image result for powerball neyerCongrats to Rob Neyer, who was recently named winner of the 2018 Casey Award as handed out by Spitfall Magazine for his long-awaited (by me at least) new book Power Ball: Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game.

Those of you who have been following this blog for a while know how much respect I have for Neyer’s work, especially Rob Neyer’s Big Book of Baseball Legends: The Truth, the Lies, and Everything Else. Here’s my Bookshelf Review for that one, posted all the way back in 2008. Amazing that I never had him on for a Bookshelf Conversation, a situation I will remedy shortly.

Neyer wrote for ESPN from 1996-2011 and has also been National Baseball Editor for SB Nation, a baseball writer for Fox Sports, and a researcher for Bill James. He currently serves as Commissioner of the West Coast League, the premier collegiate summer baseball league west of the Mississippi River.

He will receive his prize — a specially engraved Louisville Slugger Bat — at the 36th Annual CASEY Awards Banquet on Sunday, March 3, at Crosley’s Sports Bar & Eatery in St. Bernard, Ohio. Tickets will be sold at the door for $10 and includes a subscription to Spitball for 2019.

Image result for casey award logoClick here for a list of previous winners.

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