Tim Wendel

The final draft of HIGH HEAT: THE SEARCH FOR THE FASTEST PITCHER OF ALL TIME went off to the publisher (Da Capo Press) yesterday.
Part of the fun of the project was catching up what became my panel of experts (Norm Sherry, Hank Thomas, Jeff Torborg, Tommy John, etc.) and asking them who were  Read More 

The good folks at Dover Press will be re-releasing Going for the Gold in January 2010. This was my first book and the new editon has an updated introduction and glossed-up cover.
This has been the summer for  Read More 

Coming down the homestretch in finishing High Heat: The Search for the Fastest Pitcher of All Time. It will be out this March from Da Capo Press. Goming through it, top to bottom, the next two weeks. Do Not Disturb sign is on the door.

With all the talk about who's the top sports star of our age -- Tiger Woods or Roger Federer -- I cannot help thinking that if Lance Armstrong ends up on the podium in Paris, he doesn't even need to win the Tour, he moves to the top of the list.

Enjoyed the report about The Great Gatsby on Studio 360 this afternoon.
Interestingly, I was struck by how pedestrian Fitzgerald's prose sometimes was in the early drafts. Some of my students at Johns Hopkins loathe revision/rewriting. But often that's where the real magic is found. Read More 

I've finished with the working draft for High Heat: The Search for the Fastest Pitcher of All Time. The publisher is Da Capo Press. Nolan Ryan, Bob Feller, Steve Dalkowski, Satchel Paige, Walter Johnson and Sandy Koufax are in the elite group, with such contemporary stars as Joel Zumaya, Billy Wagner (before his Tommy John surgery) and Tim Lincecum also in contention.
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