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Best of the Book Nook: Baseball edition

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Another baseball season is underway so we dipped into the archive and
pulled out three gems from the ball diamonds. Paul Dickson has been a
frequent guest over the years and he has written widely about baseball.
Here are excerpts from a couple of his interviews. And George Vescey is
a legendary sportswriter who made his sole appearance on the show to
discuss his biography of the St.Louis Cardinal great Stan Musial.

Podcast includes:

  • "Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick"by Paul Dickson (original recording made in 2012)
  • "Stan Musial: An American Life" by George Vecsey (original recording made in 2011)
  • "The Dickson Baseball Dictionary" by Paul Dickson (original recording made in 2011)

The Book Nook on WYSO is presented by the Greene County Public Library with additional support from Washington-Centerville Public LibraryClark County Public LibraryDayton Metro LibraryWright Memorial Public Library, and Tipp City Public.

Vick Mickunas introduced the Book Nook author interview program for WYSO in 1994. Over the years he has produced more than 1500 interviews with writers, musicians, poets, politicians, and celebrities. Listen to the Book Nook with Vick Mickunas for intimate conversations about books with the writers who create them. Vick Mickunas reviews books for the Dayton Daily News and the Springfield News Sun.