Once Upon a Team

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[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

sweet! Thanks to you it's 1,016th best selling baseball book!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Gigantazon said yesterday available 5/15?

[A Boy Named Seo]

Where do I get some dope Quicksteps merch? #SideHustle

[Guest 41Forever]

I ordered mine! Looking forward to the part where we learn who wore which uniform number. I like books like that.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Got my Gigantazon email just now, 5/18 delivery doesn't seem so Prime®.

[bmfc1]

41Forever wrote: I ordered mine! Looking forward to the part where we learn who wore which uniform number. I like books like that.

That was funny.

[Guest 41Forever]

bmfc1 wrote: 41Forever wrote: I ordered mine! Looking forward to the part where we learn who wore which uniform number. I like books like that. That was funny.

My copy came this week. A little disappointed, only because it appears these guys never even wore numbers. Who is the freaking Jeff McKnight of this group? Other than that small beef, it's wonderful!

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

I bought the ebook version for my nook while at Barnes and Noble last week. Read it while relaxing on the beach the past two days. I learned a lot about the early years of professional baseball. I found it interesting that with the numerous professional leagues competing for players to fill their team rosters and the financial instability of many of the teams, the players had a surprising amount of freedom to negotiate for the best deal they could get (though no contracts were guaranteed).

Congratulations Jon, on a job well done. I never cease to be amazed by the amount of talent that exists on our little corner of the web.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Thanks again guys! I'm flirting with a real publicist, who will probably cost more than I was paid.

btw, if you read it please leave a review on goodreads or the Amazon page. I'm told that's important! Thanks again, do not feel obligated to sugarcoat it!

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

I will post a review and recommendation on Barnes and Noble site and Goodreads when I get back home from vacation.

[Guest 41Forever]

Rockin' Doc wrote: I will post a review and recommendation on Barnes and Noble site and Goodreads when I get back home from vacation.

Some glowing reviews on Amazon!

[Guest cooby]

My copy will arrive tomorrow!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Hey I got an interview on the SF Giants pregame show with the legendary Marty Lurie.

I've done a handful of interviews but this was by far the best (bonus Mets content if you listen):

https://omny.fm/shows/marty-lurie/6-30-jon-springer-talks-about-his-new-book-once-up

[A Boy Named Seo]

Very cool. I love that he kept asking, "So what happened?!?"

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, great innerview.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Nice job. Have some car/shotgun time on Sat and gonna dive into OUaT.

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

Ordered a copy. Hoping to read it once it arrives.

[Guest cooby]

I have had my copy on my coffee table for a few weeks until I got through all the lesser books I was reading.

Started it this morning...loving it so far.

Wilmington, history and baseball...of course I'm loving it

[bmfc1]

That's the author with another fine author in The Quaz: http://www.jeffpearlman.com/jon-springer/
Worth it for many reasons but I especially enjoyed the "Rock and Roll Dickheads" line.

[G-Fafif]

Good Quicksteps listening on Good Seats Still Available, a podcast devoted to teams and leagues that forgot to continue existing.