by admin | Jun 27, 2014 | Novel, Saving Babe Ruth
This morning, the white towers of earlier drafts of Saving Babe Ruth resemble rockets launching; yesterday, they stood like tombstones marking the graves of all the trees I’ve murdered over the years in writing the book. How perspective changes with the passage...
by admin | Jun 25, 2014 | Novel, Saving Babe Ruth
Jackie Robinson is referenced a few times in my upcoming novel, Saving Babe Ruth. I want to take a fresh look at the 42 Movie about the Jackie Robinson story in light of last year’s events involving Penn State and Rutgers. Then I want to draw parallels to my...
by admin | Jun 6, 2014 | Saving Babe Ruth
“Saving Babe Ruth is a novel based on a true story, and its only prerequisite is that one must harbor an appreciation for baseball to thoroughly enjoy the history and allusions of the plot. It’s all about a recreational baseball league with an uncertain...
by admin | May 23, 2014 | Saving Babe Ruth, Uncategorized
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. President Barack Obama stopped at Cooperstown’s Baseball Hall of Fame on Thursday and surprised everyone by endorsing Saving Babe Ruth for his first choice selection as part of his National Literacy Campaign announced earlier this year....
by admin | May 13, 2014 | Saving Babe Ruth
Yes, the cover for Saving Babe Ruth has finally been revealed. There’s a story of romance and passion behind creating the cover. Oh, my, is it me or is it unseasonably warm around here? (Author’s Note: Rebecca Thatcher is a fictional character created...
by admin | Apr 1, 2014 | Novel, Saving Babe Ruth
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) Employees at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum arrived to work early this morning and discovered that the front entrance to the historic building had been vandalized with spray paint. The Cooperstown Village Police were...