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Tim Wendel

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Mr. Holland's Opus

October 23, 2011
Tags: Derek Holland, Nolan Ryan, High Heat, World Series
A few summers ago, when I was in Texas researching High Heat, I spoke with Derek Holland about what it was like to have Nolan Ryan as the president of the ballclub he pitched for. What kind of influence did Ryan have, if any?

"We talk a fair amount," said Holland, who was struggling  Read More 
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RFK in Indianapolis

October 18, 2011
Tags: Dr. Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, Summer of '68, Da Capo Press

The night Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis, it fell to Robert Kennedy, then running for the Democratic Party nomination for president, to tell a crowd in Indianapolis the bad news. Speaking from the heart, from little notes, he told the crowd that his family had suffered from such a tragedy. Of  Read More 

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Talking Titles -- The Choice

October 2, 2011
Tags: Summer of '68
It's official: The title of the new one is Summer of '68: When Baseball -- and America -- Changed Forever.
Tentative pub date is March 13, 2012, from Da Capo Press.
In recent weeks we've moved from final edits to securing the last of the photos.
Summer of '68 will have a larger photo signature than  Read More 
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Talking Titles

August 11, 2011
Tags: Willie Horton, Detroit Tigers, 1968 World Series, Bob Gibson, Denny McLain
Editing continues on the new book about the 1968 season, which will be out from Da Capo this spring.
Working titles include SUMMER OF '68: WHEN BASEBALL AND AMERICA CHANGED FOREVER.
or
SEASON ON FIRE: SPORTS, AMERICA AND THE SUMMER OF '68.
Let me know what you think.
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Down in the Valley

July 28, 2011
Tags: Valley League, New Market Rebels

Finally made it out to see a game in the Valley League last night. It was great fun, and thanks to Austin and Charlie for letting me join them in the New Market (Va.) Rebels' broadcast "booth." I'm coming back next year for the Full Moon game.

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Manuscript Has Been Delivered

July 12, 2011
Tags: Sixty-Eight, Dr. Martin Luther King, Detroit Tigers, 1968 World Series, St. Louis Cardinals, Memphis, Mississippi
Relieved. Exhausted. Excited.
The pretty much sums up where my head is at after I turned in the manuscript for the new book, working title SIXTY-EIGHT: THE YEAR OF THE PITCHER AND WHEN SPORTS SAVED AMERICA. This will be out in Spring 2012 from Da Capo Books.
Of course, there is still much to do.  Read More 
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Walking in Memphis

June 19, 2011
Tags: Sixty-Eight, Dr. Martin Luther King, Detroit Tigers, 1968 World Series, St. Louis Cardinals, Memphis, Mississippi
Just returned from Memphis and some great interviews, including those in Dr. Martin Luther Kings's inner circle, for SIXTY-EIGHT: THE YEAR OF THE PITCHER AND WHEN SPORTS SAVED AMERICA. Along the way, I swung down to Mississippi and have now visited all 50 states.
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Preface for SIXTY-EIGHT

May 17, 2011
Tags: Sixty-Eight, Willie Horton, Detroit Tigers, 1968 World Series, Bob Gibson, Denny McLain
I always have a tough time with openings, but I've been playing with the first lines of the new one. Right now it's going something like this:
What if we could distill all that we know, what we truly believe, down to a few memorable moments, snippets of motion, short stories set in a  Read More 
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Research on SIXTY-EIGHT

May 5, 2011
Tags: Sixty-Eight, Willie Horton, Detroit Tigers, 1968 World Series
The two teams that met in the 1968 World Series -- the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals -- were among the most racially diverse institutions in the land at the time. Willie "the Wonder" Horton was among them. The Tigers' outfielder grew up in the Detroit projects and tried to stop the riots in  Read More 
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Live in the Bergino Clubhouse

April 30, 2011
Tags: High Heat, New York, NYU, Strand, Bergino Clubhouse, Phantom of the Opera, Stan Mikita
Here's the link to the podcast of me with host Jay Goldberg at the Bergino Clubhouse in lower Manhattan.
http://berginobaseballclubhouse.podbean.com/2011/04/30/high-heat-with-tim-wendel-at-the-bergino-baseball-clubhouse/
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