Works
Castro's Curveball
This book has the power to get under your skin and the wisdom to make you reflect on the meaning of your own life. Above all, it stands as an allegory for the story of Cuba itself, in all its tragic magnificence. Highly recommended.
-- Historical Novels Review
Buffalo, Home of the Braves
With a foreword by Van Miller and also available on audiobook.
Psychology Today column
Summer of '68 -- Excerpt
The Season That Changed Baseball, And America, Forever
Articles/Stories
A roundup of magazine and newspaper articles.
Popular Culture and Sports
Op-ed columns for national newspapers
High Heat
The Secret History of the Fastball and the Improbable Search for the Fastest Pitcher of All Time
Down to the Last Pitch -- Excerpt
Round ball. Round bat
Going for the Gold
A classic about the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team.
Over the Falls
A combo of "Wonder Boys," "Beautiful Girls," and that Art Carney film – "Harry and Tonto."
-- Richard Peabody, editor of Gargoyle
-- Richard Peabody, editor of Gargoyle
Eddie From Ohio
Washington Post magazine story about folk-rock band from Northern Virginia.