This is your opportunity to interact with the authors of your favorite sports books! What were the athletes they interviewed like? Are they currently writing any new books? E-mail them and they'll be happy to tell you.
I asked Harvey to share with us how he researched his books and any interesting stories about writing his books. Here's what he said.
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 A YANKEE CENTURYthis handsome and definitive volume celebrates a legendary century of Yankee history, with rare photographs, statistics, a Yankee quiz, introduction by Yankee great Paul O'Neill, profiles of such legends as Mickey Mantle, Don Mattingly, Babe Ruth, Derek Jeter, Joe DiMaggio, and many more, tales of rivalries, triumphs, and unforgettable moments on and off the field, the victories, sweeps, and stumbles as well as quotes, lists, tributes, and trivia. Read more about this book or order it |
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NEW YORK YANKEE ENCYCLOPEDIA a one hour scheduled interview with Mel Allen turned out to be almost five hours with him going on and on. How about that. He was a fund of baseball knowledge and a very charming man. Mel knew it all and was one of a kind. Read more about this book or order it |
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SHOELESS JOE AND RAGTIME BASEBALL a phone call to the library in Greenville, SC - Jackson's home town helped me strike it rich. In the library files was the never published (until my book came along) grand jury testimony of the Black Sox trial. Read more about this book or order it |
| THROWING HEAT Nolan Ryan's autobiography . . . another great guy - the legend is true. Only uncomfortable moment was when he decided we could exit the air conditioning in his house and continue interviewing for the book on his patio -- in 95 degree Texas heat. That was short-lived. Read more about this book or order it | |
other memories Bobby Murcer hiding my tape recorder as a prank, Mack Robinson (Jackie Robinson's brother) taping me taping him. He has been "burned" by reporters and was a bit gun shy.... |