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Richard Michelson

Hall of Fame sponsors authors series

May 4, 2011

From a press release issued by the baseball hall of Fame: This year, some of baseball’s greatest storytellers are coming to Cooperstown to share their work as part of the Museum’s annual Authors’ Series offerings. The Hall of Fame’s Summer Authors’ Series gets under way May 28 and continues throughout June, July and August. The […]

Tagged as: Danny Peary, George Vecsey, Joe DiMaggio, Lipman Pike, Richard Michelson, Roy Campanella, Stan Musial

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People of the book: New titles highlight Jewish legends of the game

April 8, 2011

This originally appeared in the New Jersey Jewish News, March 31. It’s not quite one of the Four Questions, but Washington Post sportswriter Thomas Boswell devoted an entire best-selling collection of his columns to explain Why Time Begins on Opening Day. For long-chilled fans, time begins again today, baseball’s earliest start ever. Several new books […]

Tagged as: Hank Greenberg, Lip Pike, Mark Kurlansky, Richard Michelson

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The Bookshelf Podcast: Richard Michelson

March 27, 2011 · 1 comment

Regular visitors know I rarely consider juvenile literature, but once in awhile an “important” book comes along that deserves attention. Previously it was Kadir Nelson’s We Are The Ship, an introduction to young readers about the Negro Leagues. This time it’s Richard Michelson’s Lipman Pike: America’s First Home Run King, a picture book about the […]

Tagged as: Kadir Nelson, Lip Pike, Lipman Pike, Richard Michelson

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