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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
Dear MLB: Who Cares?
The collective bargaining agreement that existed between the Major League Baseball Players Association and Major League Baseball expired December 2, 2021. The two parties have been unable to come to any agreement in the 85 days between then and today, … Continue reading
Those dance masters were a persistent bunch
Yet another mention of the concern over dirty dancing appeared in the January 17, 2022 edition of the Winchester Star‘s “Out of the Past” feature. The following is dated January 12, 1922: The “jazz” dance is slowly but surely being … Continue reading
Does this guy belong in the Hall of Fame, too?
Back in early December, after the voting for baseball’s Hall of Fame was announced, I made the case that Gil Hodges’ election was problematic in that if he could get in, then there are a number of very good players … Continue reading
The Christmas Rush Is Rushier than Ever
I have written before about the difficulty of keeping pace with the changes that the modern world has generated. I got another reminder of that recently when I realized that Amazon seems to be delivering packages in our neighborhood all … Continue reading
Dynamic doofuses in goofy Gotham
I have become hooked on an old serial broadcast by TCM on Saturday mornings. The 1949 New Adventures of Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder is highly entertaining and not because it is any good. It is riveting in its … Continue reading
The curious case of two first basemen
Consider the case of the following two first basemen. Player A played 18 seasons and was an eight-time All-Star. He received MVP votes in nine different seasons with a top finish of 7th. His Career Shares MVP score as calculated … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball in General, Hall of Fame
Tagged Baltimore Orioles, Boog Powell, Brooklyn Dodgers, Gil Hodges, Hall of Fame
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Autumn’s reality cannot compare to summer’s illusion
The reality of autumn cannot compare to the illusion of summer. The tree leaves turn beautiful in autumn, but their dance to the ground reminds us that the earth’s vitality is about to pause. The afternoon air becomes comfortable, but … Continue reading
Posted in Life is Interesting
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Dear MLB: Your problem is relevancy, not boredom (although, that’s easily fixed, too.)
Dear Major League Baseball, Much has been written recently about your “boredom problem.” Longer games with less action have resulted in declining attendance and declining television ratings, but the solution to your on-field problem is so simple that a Little … Continue reading
Building lairs and hideouts for master criminals
While watching an episode of the 1943 serial, The Batman (the first time the Caped Crusader was ever presented on celluloid, by the way), I was intrigued by the evil Dr. Daka’s elaborate underground headquarters. That got me to wondering … Continue reading
The war ends for Fibber McGee and Molly
In March of this year, I wrote about the Fibber McGee and Molly episode that was broadcast on December 9, 1941—when fires still burned at Pearl Harbor. It’s taken six months, but I have listened to every episode from that … Continue reading
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