With home run derbies ascending to prominence during the 2021 and 2022 baseball seasons, the sport's most celebrated competition takes center stage in Home Runs: Tales of Tonks, Taters, Contests and Derbies. Set for a March 2023 release from August Publications, Home Runs begins with the story of the most famous home run derby competition-TV's Home Run Derby-and focuses on memorable derbies and competitions through the years.Home R...

Baseball Fantography is a celebration of baseball through the eyes of fans via photos they’ve taken of players, ballparks, and related subjects over the past nine decades, along with essays, sidebars, and quotes. The project originated when the author discovered an old 1960s snapshot of himself as a teenager with his idol, Roger Maris, at Yankee Stadium. Realizing that he couldn’t be the only one with these hidden photographic gems, he began collecting baseball photos taken by fan...

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