The unexpected twists can be half the fun of writing a book. At least they can keep you going. I've been deep into the working draft for SIXTY-EIGHT, the new one about when sports saved America. Several of the 1968 world champion Detroit Tigers mentioned playing against Tom Hayden, the student activist and major player in the Chicago convention demonstrations, when they were kids in Little League. So I tracked down Tom Hayden and discovered he's a real baseball fan. Still plays in southern California, where he now makes his home.
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