I will be appearing on WJLA’s News Channel 8 this Friday evening, July 3 (8-9 p.m.) on their SportsTalk show with Glenn Harris. The information to call or send email questions is below. If you can watch and call in, please do. If not, please email a question. It’d be great if the show gets more questions about the book than they have time for me to answer.
Also, if you haven’t ordered the book yet and are interested, please see the information below. You can order direct from the publisher (best, fastest way) or via amazon.com (search on “1969 Senators” and look for “A Whole New Ballgame”).
Here’s the press release for my tv appearance:
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Stephen J. Walker to appear on News Channel 8, Friday July 3, 2009 to discuss his book.
A Whole New Ballgame: The 1969 Washington Senators
Stephen Walker
ISBN: 978-1-929763-38-2
250 pages
$17.95 USA/$24.95 CAN.
CLIFTON, Virginia. June 28, 2009. Stephen J. Walker will be appearing as a guest on News Channel 8’s “SportsTalk” television program at 8 p.m. on July 3, 2009. “SportsTalk” is hosted by long-time Washington, D.C. sports maven Glenn Harris. “SportsTalk” is the only local sports show that allows viewers to interact with athletes, coaches, and sports media. You can join the discussion by calling 703-387-1020 or emailing SportsTalk@news8.net.
Stephen Walker has extensively and lovingly researched the 1969 Washington Senators for the past 15 years. He interviewed 16 Senators for A Whole New Ballgame including: Frank Howard, Dick Bosman, Darold Knowles, Del Unser, Ed Brinkman, and Ken McMullen, as well as coaches Sid Hudson and Wayne Terwilliger, radio announcer Ron Menchine, bat boy Paul Oppermann, and numerous fans. A member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), Walker’s articles have appeared in national and regional SABR publications and the Washington Baseball Historical Society’s quarterly newsletter. He is a regular speaker at SABR’s annual Baltimore-Washington chapter winter meetings and writes a Washington baseball-focused blog at www.stephenjwalker.com.