♦ Soon to be a major motion picture? “For Maggi, 1st MLB hit proves ‘you can do anything’”
♦ The ReviewGeek judges Cross Game, by Mitsuru Adachi, among the best sport mangas.
♦ Speaking of the late Vin Scully, how will you do on this quiz about baseball broadcasters from the Chicago Sun-Times? Warning: it is a bit Chicago-centric.
♦ And speaking of Chicago baseball, there’s this commentary piece from the the Sun-Times on “How William Wrigley Jr. brought soap, gum and Chicago baseball broadcasting together.”
♦ And if being at the game but not into the game is your thing, here’s “How To Read at a Baseball Game” by Leah Rachel von Essen on Bookriot.com.
♦ TribLive posted this AP-produced review of Jack Curry’s The 1998 Yankees: The Inside Story of the Greatest Baseball Team Ever.”
♦ Brought to you as a PSA for SABR:
SABR and the International Women’s Baseball Center have announced a call for papers for the fifth annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference, scheduled for September 29-October 1, 2023, at Rockford University in Rockford, Illinois.
The 2023 conference will be a hybrid event, with panels and presentations on Zoom and a dinner banquet and golf outing in Rockford, Illinois. Registration information will be available soon.
This year’s conference theme is “Through the Lens of Baseball.” Topics can focus on broadcasters, sports writers, social media, advertising, artists, photographers and more. All topics related to women’s baseball are welcome.
Please submit abstracts of approximately 200 words, along with contact information and a short biography, by June 30, 2023, to Leslie Heaphy at Lheaphy@kent.edu.
♦ Also from a recent SABR email:
An ambitious new film, “The Diamond King,” from award-winning filmmaker Marq Evans, will tell the story of baseball through the artwork of Dick Perez.
Dick is synonymous not only with the Donruss Diamond Kings cards we loved pulling in packs but also the higher end, signed Perez-Steele postcards.
To learn more about the film, see SABR member Ryan Fagan’s latest article in The Sporting News.
You can also support the film’s Kickstarter campaign, which includes some very cool Dick Perez artwork, baseball cards, and books.
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