by admin | Nov 22, 2013 | Novel, Saving Babe Ruth
Today is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. I was four years old on November 22, 1963 when Lee Harvey Oswald shot his rifle and killed the President. The events of that day are one of my earliest memories. I recall watching our...
by admin | Nov 12, 2013 | Saving Babe Ruth, Uncategorized
In honor of Veterans Day, I thought it might be interesting to revisit a moment in history when baseball was almost lost due to war.It was a few weeks after Pearl Harbor when baseball commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis wrote President Franklin Roosevelt and...
by admin | Aug 21, 2013 | Novel, Saving Babe Ruth, The Big Picture, Uncategorized
Christopher Lane, a promising college baseball player, was murdered by a gunshot to the back the other day and the tragedy has prompted me to do some thinking. One of the teens arrested was reported to have said that he and his accomplices were “bored” and “decided to...
by admin | Jul 31, 2013 | Novel, Saving Babe Ruth
My upcoming novel, Saving Babe Ruth, revolves around the idea that community baseball is worth saving. You can read more about it here. Sure, I like to watch baseball all the way from the youth level to the major league level. I like to coach it too. But my passion...
by admin | Jul 22, 2013 | Novel
I’m prepared to announce the title to my upcoming novel today. A few weeks ago, I reported on Facebook that my manuscript had been submitted to my editor for her review. She finished her reading a few days ago and I’ve been communicating with her over...
