The Books Are In!
Forgive me for being so excited. I received my first copies of The Team That Changed Baseball late last week. It’s always a time of trepidation for an author—waiting to see what your latest book will look like and whether it will meet your demanding approval. While I’m hardly an unbiased participant, I have to commend publisher Bruce Franklin and his staff at Westholme Publishing for doing such a wonderful job in producing an attractive cover and a pleasing layout, making for a handsome finished product.
The book is now available for pre-order at amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com and will be available in bookstores in the coming days. In anticipation of next Monday’s Hall of Fame Game between the Pirates and Reds, I’ll also take part in my first book signings this Saturday and Sunday at Augur’s Bookstore in Cooperstown.
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And now to this week’s trivia question, which is a tough one:
Which member of the 1971 Pirates was married during that regular season, prior to a game against the Atlanta Braves?
Not Clemente because he married Vera in 1964. Will take a wild guess at Steve Blass.
Mark
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Congrats on the publication of your book!
Kellia
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Thanks, Kellia, I appreciate it.
Mark, Steve Blass is a good guess, but is not the correct answer. For what it's worth, Steve and another former Pirate pitcher, John Lamb, are actually rothers-in-law, but neither was married during the 1971 regular season.
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Make that brothers in law.
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Congrats and best of luck with the new book, Bruce!
I didn't realize you also wrote a book about the Finley A's. Sounds like an interesting read. I'll have to check that one out as well.
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