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- Ambitious Enterprises Ally Peltier is an excellent editor/consultant for your writers looking for professional guidance.
- Baseball Panoramic Rob Noel’s great site takes you on virtual tours of MLB and historic ballparks
- David Stinson's author blog Please visit my buddy and fellow author David Stinson’s site. He has a real eye for baseball’s past; in fact, he sees it!
- Deadball Baseball Based on David Stinson’s novel, Deadball: A Metaphysical Baseball Novel
- History: Preserved This is a wonderful blog that often covers the home front during World War II, especially the recipes that were used to compensate for rationing. i had the privilege of meeting the author, Sarah Lee, at the 2017 WIlliamsport World War II Weekend.
- Off the Beaten Basepaths & other videos OTBB takes you to baseball treasures that are little known, underappreciated, or simply off the beaten basepaths! Subscribe now through Youtube so you don’t miss an episode.
- Places We Have Played Album My non-genetic twin, Al Smith, and I like to play in as many interesting ballparks, big and small, as we can find. Here’s our “collection.”
- Sarah Sundin Sarah is a World War II romance novelist who gets her history correct! Lots of good information on her blog.
- Seamheads Best baseball blog on the ‘Net!
- Summer Game Books The website of my publisher. (Hey, it felt good to write that!)
- The Official Webpage for Boots Poffenberger: Hurler, Hero, Hell-Raiser Visit the Summer Game Books page for my biography of Boots Poffenberger. Order from there and view the book trailer (to be posted soon!)
- Winchester Book Gallery A wonderful independent book store that is a fun place to shop in the Old Town Mall in Winchester. Christine and her staff are just plain nice people!
- Your Little Windmill My younger daughter, Sarah, has started a blog about her journey through love and Life. Well-written and insightful, and I’m saying that as a writer and not as her dad.
Author Archives: Austin Gisriel
Pitching an idea for wins and losses
It’s hard to believe that the 2024 major league baseball season is already 25% complete. Of course, it’s hard for me to believe that it’s already Wednesday as I write this, but I digress . . . It seems that … Continue reading
Project complete
Project completed! Yesterday, the Cincinnati Reds became the 1964 World Series Champions. How can that be? Three years ago, on March 21, 2021 I began playing a 90-game 1964 Major League season with my 1964 Strat-O-Matic table-top baseball game. That … Continue reading
Diamond in the rain
The Men Who Saved Baseball and other baseball stories debuts one week from today! Remember, if you would live in the greater Winchester area and would like a signed copy, please message me and I will be sure to order … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball Books, Writing
Tagged baseball in winter, Robert Frost, Stopping by the Wood on a Snowy Evening
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An interview with Mo Weber, an “inspirational character”
I have made many wonderful friends through baseball, and one of my most treasured baseball buddies is Mo Weber, who rounded third for the last time in July of 2019 and headed for Home after 96 years, 64 of which … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball Books, Writing
Tagged baseball, Basin League, Huron Elks, Jack Britton, Mo Weber, new-books, sports, the men who saved baseball
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The Men Who Saved Baseball
There are two joys associated with the Christmas season. One is the joy of the season itself with decorating and baking and visiting friends and family. The other is getting back to the regular routine. As you all know, part … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball Books, Writing
Tagged Babe Ruth saves baseball, baseball fiction, the men who saved baseball
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Corporate Pomposity
I recently came across two interesting notices, one in an annual report and the other on a milk carton. Beginning with the latter, take a look at the photo below. On the front of its milk carton, Glenview Farms wants … Continue reading
Posted in Life is Interesting
Tagged Glenview Farms, pompous corporations, rBST, Wesley Theological Seminary
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Nothing can be “overcrowded.”
I recently attended a meeting at which several candidates for our local school board here in Frederick County, VA spoke. All decried the “overcrowded conditions” in our schools. I decry the use of the term “overcrowded.” People use this term … Continue reading
Gold Glove, Golden Memories: So long, Brooks
I have dreaded this day since I was old enough to truly appreciate the perspective that mortality brings. I just heard that Brooks Robinson has died. It must be true because something is gone inside of me. Maybe the last … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball in General
Tagged 1966 World Series, 1970 World Series, Brooks Robinson
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Major League Baseball Needs a Salary FLOOR
Wow! I can’t believe that my last post was way back on July 20th! Part of that failure to post stems from the notion that if you have nothing to say, then you shouldn’t speak. Or write in this case. … Continue reading
Gullible goofs from the past . . . and present?
Here’s a little tidbit that appeared in the July 17th, 2023 edition of the Winchester Star’s “Out of the Past” column: July 12, 1923 HAYFIELD — There has been a noticeable deficiency of precipitation in the past two years, particularly … Continue reading
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