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Tim Wendel

Writer/Teacher/Narrator

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Manuscript Has Been Delivered

July 12, 2011
Tags: Sixty-Eight, Dr. Martin Luther King, Detroit Tigers, 1968 World Series, St. Louis Cardinals, Memphis, Mississippi
Relieved. Exhausted. Excited.
The pretty much sums up where my head is at after I turned in the manuscript for the new book, working title SIXTY-EIGHT: THE YEAR OF THE PITCHER AND WHEN SPORTS SAVED AMERICA. This will be out in Spring 2012 from Da Capo Books.
Of course, there is still much to do.  Read More 
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Walking in Memphis

June 19, 2011
Tags: Sixty-Eight, Dr. Martin Luther King, Detroit Tigers, 1968 World Series, St. Louis Cardinals, Memphis, Mississippi
Just returned from Memphis and some great interviews, including those in Dr. Martin Luther Kings's inner circle, for SIXTY-EIGHT: THE YEAR OF THE PITCHER AND WHEN SPORTS SAVED AMERICA. Along the way, I swung down to Mississippi and have now visited all 50 states.
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Preface for SIXTY-EIGHT

May 17, 2011
Tags: Sixty-Eight, Willie Horton, Detroit Tigers, 1968 World Series, Bob Gibson, Denny McLain
I always have a tough time with openings, but I've been playing with the first lines of the new one. Right now it's going something like this:
What if we could distill all that we know, what we truly believe, down to a few memorable moments, snippets of motion, short stories set in a  Read More 
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Research on SIXTY-EIGHT

May 5, 2011
Tags: Sixty-Eight, Willie Horton, Detroit Tigers, 1968 World Series
The two teams that met in the 1968 World Series -- the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals -- were among the most racially diverse institutions in the land at the time. Willie "the Wonder" Horton was among them. The Tigers' outfielder grew up in the Detroit projects and tried to stop the riots in  Read More 
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Live in the Bergino Clubhouse

April 30, 2011
Tags: High Heat, New York, NYU, Strand, Bergino Clubhouse, Phantom of the Opera, Stan Mikita
Here's the link to the podcast of me with host Jay Goldberg at the Bergino Clubhouse in lower Manhattan.
http://berginobaseballclubhouse.podbean.com/2011/04/30/high-heat-with-tim-wendel-at-the-bergino-baseball-clubhouse/
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Trip to New York

April 13, 2011
Tags: High Heat, New York, NYU, Strand, Bergino Clubhouse, Phantom of the Opera, Stan Mikita

I had a great time talking about fireballers and High Heat at the Bergino Clubhouse near New York University last week. It's a great setting, just around the corner from the world-famous Strand Bookstore. If I was ever was going to move back to New York, I'd take a long look at that part  Read More 

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Detroit Tigers -- Tom Hayden

March 1, 2011
Tags: Sixty-Eight, Tom Hayden, Detroit Tigers, Bill Freehan
The unexpected twists can be half the fun of writing a book. At least they can keep you going. I've been deep into the working draft for SIXTY-EIGHT, the new one about when sports saved America. Several of the 1968 world champion Detroit Tigers mentioned playing against Tom Hayden, the student activist and major player  Read More 
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High Heat in PW Top 10

January 27, 2011
Tags: High Heat, Publisher's Weekly, spring titles
Publisher's Weekly named High Heat one of its Top 10 sports titles for this spring. Here's the blurb:
For the hard stuff, Tim Wendel's High Heat: The Secret History of the Fastball and the Improbable Search for the Fastest Pitcher of All Time might suffice. It's as much about hard science as putting mustard on  Read More 
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Publisher's Weekly news about Sixty-Eight

January 24, 2011
Tags: Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals, 1968, AFL, Da Capo
Da Capo editor Jonathan Crowe acquired two sports books, one on baseball and the other on golf. Crowe took North American rights to Johns Hopkins professor Tim Wendel's Sixty-Eight: The Year of the Pitcher—When Baseball Saved America from Chris Park at Foundry Literary + Media. Wendel focuses on that eponymous season when, thanks to  Read More 
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Gillick in Hall

December 6, 2010
Tags: Pat Gillick, High Heat, Marvin Miller, Davey Concepcion
Great to see Pat Gillick reach the Baseball Hall of Fame. He was once roommates with Steve Dalkowski and was a great source for High Heat.
Also, Marvin Miller should have gotten in and great to see my friend Davey Concepcion in the running.
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