Forging genius

My childhood friend Steve is now one of the best young baseball writers in America, if not simply one of the best baseball writers in America. His new biography of Casey Stengel, Forging Genius, is on the verge of release, and has been reviewed glowingly by the Newark Star-Ledger, among other publications. I ordered mine from Amazon last week, but it appears to be back-ordered. I think that means good things for Steve, if he's sold out the first batch already.

Meanwhile, Steve's AL preview is here.

Oh yes. Play ball!


Just heard: The Art of the Modern Jazz Quartet, a collection from the Atlantic years