Get Yerself A Signed Copy Of "Stars And Strikes"!

As many of you already know, I'll be hitting the road intermittenly this summer to do some reading/signing events for my new book Stars and Strikes: Baseball and America in the Bicentennial Summer of '76. Here is the full list of upcoming events [NOTE: This has been updated as of 6/17 — the 6/24 event will be at the Trolley Car Diner, not the Trolley Car Cafe!]:

June 23 (7 pm) — Walk A Crooked Mile Books, Philadelphia, PA

June 24 (7 pm) — Trolley Car Diner, Philadelphia, PA

June 26 (7 pm) — Bergino Baseball Clubhouse, NYC

June 27 (2 pm) — Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY

June 29 (7 pm) — Manitoba's Bar, NYC

July 1 (7 pm) — Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA

July 29 (5 pm) — Mudville Flats, San Diego, CA

August 14 (7 pm) — Liar's Club, Chicago, IL

August 15 (7 pm) — The Book Cellar, Chicago, IL

August 16 (4 pm) — Nicola's Books, Ann Arbor, MI

August 16 (8 pm) — Nemo's Bar, Detroit, MI

August 18 (7 pm) — Boswell Book Company, Milwaukee, WI

"Hey, Dan," I can hear you saying, "WTF?!? I can't make any of these events, and/or you're not coming to my town — how can I get you to sign a copy of Stars and Strikes for me or my friend/relative/significant other?" Don't worry, I've got ya covered!

I've made arrangements with Booked By Harriet, the bookseller who is handling the sales at my Manitoba's event in NYC on June 29, to enable you to get a personalized copy. Just shoot Harriet an email (bookedbyharriet@hotmail.com) before 12 noon EST on Monday, June 23, and tell her that you'd like a signed copy of Stars and Strikes. She will be email you back (or call, if you give her your phone #) to get your shipping and payment info — the price, which includes the book and tax ($31.00) plus shipping ($6.25), totals $37.25 — as well as any specifics from you regarding how you'd like me to personalize your copy. I'll sign the book at Manitoba's, and then she'll wing it off to you shortly thereafter...

Once again, you've gotta get in touch with her by 12 noon EST on Monday, June 23, in order to avoid disappointment. And we'd all like to avoid disappointment, right?

And thanks again to everyone who has bought, reviewed or otherwise supported Stars and Strikes!

Comments

[Abe Goteiner]

Dan, I thought the book was outstanding - however I did find some proofreading errors, to wit:

p.116, 1st paragraph, 3rd line: "Africanized bees were going fly up from Mexico" ???

p. 116, 2nd paragraph, 5th sentence: ..."two figures jump out of the left field pavilion and LANDON the outfield grass."

p. 288: "Giants traveling secretary Frank Berganzi, a the 58-year-old shipper ..."

[Dan E.]

Thanks, Abe! The Africanized bees thing isn't an error, though — the so-called killer bees resulted from Western honey bees being cross-bred with their African cousins, hence becoming "Africanized". The other two gaffes somehow slipped past me and the several editors and proof readers involved with the book, but even Brooks Robinson bobbled one now and then!