TOM SWYERS
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A lawyer on the run for a murder he didn’t commit. A 2017 Amazon international writing competiton winner . . .
A lawyer on the run for a murder he didn’t commit. A 2017 Amazon international writing competiton winner . . .
A lawyer on the run for a murder he didn’t commit. A 2017 Amazon international writing competiton winner . . .
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War Over Baseball Fields Threatens Youth Baseball and the Country
There’s a war over youth baseball fields going on throughout this country. You’ll rarely read about this war in the local newspaper, but it is being waged in a number of communities. It’s a threat to our country. You might be surprised to discover the war raging in...
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How to Measure the Appeal of Your High School Baseball Program
Spring is fast approaching and every high school baseball program is gearing up for the season. Here’s a simple way to measure the appeal of your school program. If you want to a way to measure the attractiveness of a school baseball program, go and get the number of...
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“No Athletic Scholarship for You, NEXT!” Meet the Scholarship Nazi.
The title to this article comes from the Seinfeld television series which had a minor character named the "Soup Nazi." The Soup Nazi ran a soup store and, if you did not order your soup according to his set of rules, he would say: "No soup for you, NEXT!" Well,...
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Christmas Day Baseball Game During Civil War Creates Mystery
On Christmas day during the Civil War in 1862, a few New York regiments stationed in Hilton Head, South Carolina played a baseball game and gave birth to a baseball mystery. One of the players that day was a soldier named Abraham Mills. According to Gunther Barth,...
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Chasing Shadows with Saving Babe Ruth
I've been chasing shadows with my upcoming novel, Saving Babe Ruth. While I can always step on my shadow’s feet, my shadow inevitably slips away, forever one step beyond my grasp. That’s what it feels like to be writing a novel, at least to me. I tend to think I’m a...
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