New York-area baseball literary events

Round table discussion in the Brooklyn Baseball Gallery at 2pm with
sportswriters, Roger Kahn, Dave Anderson and Jack Lang (who all covered the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1950s). YOU DO NOT NEED TICKETS TO SUNDAY'S GAME TO ATTEND THE ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION in the Brooklyn Baseball Gallery.

Afterwards, Roger Kahn will be signing Beyond the Boys of Summer on the KeySpan Park concourse.

Brooklyn, NY

Join Steven Goldman, Baseball Prospectus staffer and author of Forging Genius, for an evening of baseball talk.

I just finished "Forging Genius" -- an account of Stengel's baseball life and education through his first Yankee season in '49 -- and it is, as Casey would say, "splendid."

Two authors, both female SABRites, will present their books on Saturday, August 13 at 6 pm in New York City's Coliseum Bookstore. Each author has won a Research Presentation Award at SABR
conventions, which is another first for the bookstore.

Jean Hastings Ardell (http://www.jeanardell.com) writes and lectures on women’s contributions to baseball. Her work has appeared in newspapers, magazines, and in anthologies. Breaking into Baseball: Women and the National Pastime reveals just how involved women are, and have always been, in the American game.

Cecilia Tan http://www.ceciliatan.com/ writes fiction,
non-fiction, and produces her own online baseball magazine, Why I Like
Baseball. The 50 Greatest Yankee Games includes the most dramatic moments from the Yankees' first World Series, as well as personal recollections from legendary players. The book features anecdotes, box scores, and vintage photographs.

Coliseum Books is at 11 W 42 St. (btw 5th & 6th Avenues).

For more details about these authors, and their works, see
http://www.coliseumbooks.com/events/081305event.htm

http://www.coliseumbooks.com/events/112105event.htm

And I've read that "sports and resistance" guy in The Nation.

Lieutenant Colonel Michael Huber, Ph.D. will be one of five
research presenters at the Casey Stengel Chapter meeting in NYC on
Saturday, January 28 from 10 am to 5 pm. Huber, who teaches Math at the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY, has been researching when the Army Nine played against the Giants and Yankees, among other MLB teams (85 scheduled games from 1914 to 1986).

Spalding's Around-the-World Tour of 1888/9 will be presented by Mark Lamster and Jon Springer will do a powerpoint presentation on Bing Devine with the Mets. Additional research will be shared by Steve
Krevisky on Ryne Duren, by Elliot Hines on Bucky Walters, and by Al
Blumkin on Vic Powers.

The Keynote, sportscaster Warner Wolf, of "Let's go to the
videotape!" fame and other catchphrases
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Wolf) will speak, as well as SteveBroege, a southpaw for the St. Louis minor league organization, and Frank Prudenti, a NY Yankee batboy in 1961. Doug Lyons will conduct the trivia and Al Blumkin will provide an update on the popular and respected SABR stalwart Ross Adell (for whom the day's events will be videotaped).

An Authors Panel includes something of interest for everyone:

Rob Fitts (Remembering Japanese Baseball: An Oral History of the Game)
Steven Goldman (Mind Game: How the Boston Red Sox Got Smart by Baseball Prospectus Team of Experts)
Carolyn Trombe (Dottie Wiltse Collins: Strikeout Queen of the
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League)
Bob McGee (Greatest Ballpark Ever: Ebbets Field and the Story of the
Brooklyn Dodgers)
Stanley Teitelbaum (Sports Heroes, Fallen Idols)

The meeting is on the 6th floor of the Mid-Manhattan branch of
the NY Public Library, located 455 Fifth Avenue (40th St.). Visitors,
including non-members, can pay $5 at the door. All are welcome, since it is a public library, and authors will sign and sell their books on the premises. For more information, see the NYC website

http://nyc.sabr.org/

Stanley H. Teitelbaum, a practicing psychotherapist and author of
Sports Heroes, Fallen Idols will join Fitts. His discussion will be about self-destructive athletes who lose their perspective, balance, and then their place, focusing on baseball players.

For additional information about the books and
backgrounds of the authors, see
http://www.coliseumbooks.com/events/021106event.htm

http://www.coliseumbooks.com/events/031106event.htm

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/events

And the Yog is a place worth seeing at least once. Who's got cars?

(oh no ... is it ILB Draft Day?)

Maybe I'll see some of you pikers at Coliseum tom'w nite? Jams? Dunno if I can get a ride to The Yogi next weekend.

Fantasy baseball has changed how the National Pastime is watched, reported, and even played. For better or worse? Fantasy gurus Ron Shandler (Baseball Forecaster), Sam Walker (Fantasyland), and Nate Silver (Baseball Prospectus) will be on hand to discuss. The event will be moderated by writer Brenn Jones and these experts will be available to answer questions and sign books after the discussion.

Just added: our biggest event of the year, with more Baseball Prospectus authors in one place than ever before! Join Christina Kahrl, Jonah Keri, Nate Silver, Steven Goldman, Jay Jaffe, Neil deMause, John Erhardt, Cliff Corcoran, special guest Allen Barra, and more (watch this space for additions) at the great Yogi Berra Museum in Montclair, NJ for a rollicking roundtable covering everything baseball!

The Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center,
On the campus of Montclair State University
8 Quarry Road
Little Falls, NJ

Saturday, June 10 at 6:00 pm
Coliseum Books
11 W 42nd Street New York, NY

This month's lineup:

Rob Neyer
Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders:
A Complete Guide to the Worst Decisions and Stupidest Moments in
Baseball History

Scott Gray
The Mind of Bill James:
How a Complete Outsider Changed Baseball

http://www.coliseumbooks.com/events/061006event.htm

Alex Belth, former assistant film editor (for Ken Burns, Woody
Allen and the Coen brothers) and current SI.com writer, will explain why he chose Curt Flood as his subject for Stepping Up: The Story of
All-Star Curt Flood and His Fight for Baseball Players' Rights. Flood,
whose "baseball career was cut short by conscience, not injury" (see
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0892553219/002-2047647-0574414?v=glance&n=283155) has been acknowledged as one of baseball's most
underappreciated icons. The readings begin at 6pm, and include a Q&A session.

former clubhouse boy / steroid supplier Kirk Radomski is scheduled to be a guest at the NYC SABR meeting on Feb 14!