Category: Baseball
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Pitchers and Catchers Report!
It’s spring! I shoveled snow all morning, but it’s spring! The Tigers are going to lose 90+ games again this year, but it’s spring! And the beginning of spring training, the dawn of a new baseball season, is the perfect time to get yourself a copy of The Comic Book Story of Baseball, right?
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2018 Roundup, 2019 Forecast
It’s that time of year, when we freelancers look back at what we accomplished and take a minute to feel good about everything instead of being stressed over what comes next. If you’ve read any of these things, thank you. (And if you haven’t, it’s not too late!) Forthwith: Things I published in 2018 The…
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Baseball for the Holidays
Stumped about what to get the baseball fan in your life for the holidays? Worry no more! The Comic Book Story of Baseball is the perfect companion for hot-stove season. If you order from Print: A Bookstore, I’ll head over there toot sweet and sign your copy so you have it in time for holiday giving.…
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October Baseball!
Sox-Astros, Dodgers-Brewers. Any combination of those four teams will make for a terrific World Series. Will it be a rematch of last year’s Dodgers-Astros thriller…or a rematch of the 1916 tilt between Babe Ruth’s Sox and the Brooklyn Robins (also known as Dodgers)? Or will the Brewers finally lift their first World Series trophy in…
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Roundup: Interviews, New Short Stories
I feel like I’ve done a lot of talking over the past couple of months, mostly about The Comic Book Story of Baseball. If you care to listen to some of those conversations, here are links: WBUR’s “Radio Boston,” with Anthony Brooks “Baseball by the Book,” with Justin McGuire “Beyond the Trope,” with Giles Hash…
Crooked House Fictions 