♦ From MLB.com: “While recovering from a rare third surgery on the ulnar collateral ligament on his right elbow, Reds reliever Tejay Antone wrote a book which is a combination of autobiography and instruction entitled ‘The Tommy John Protocol’. An editor has been hired and Antone hopes the book will be released this summer. Even though one event has not yet happened, the book has a happy ending.”
♦ Also from MLB.com, this profile by Gerard askedauthor of Play Harder: The Triumph of Black Baseball in America,” especially appropriate as we close out Black History Month.
♦ Also from MLB.com, this profile by Darryl Strawberrywhose new book, Another Life: Discovering the Healing Power of Purpose on My Long Journey from Player to Preacher”, written with Jerome Preisler, will be published in August.
♦ From The Japanese news, this story about the Japanese version by Shohei Ohtanithe new children’s book, Decoy saves opening day.
♦ Sports Collectors Daily has a fun series: “Who Drawn the Classic Topps Baseball Cartoons?” This is the fifth episode. Funny how you almost never think about how the cards are actually put together.
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