Baseball DIY

Dan Gutman has a series of middle grade sports books out that have a great twist - time travel! I love a good time travel book and was totally addicted to them when I was a kid. The "Baseball Card Adventures" take the hero, Stosh, back in time to meet various baseball legends: Mickey Mantle, Joe Jackson, Abner Doubleday and next year, Satchel Paige. These are a great way to bring history to baseball fanatics who might not otherwise be big readers. And you have to love the sci fi twist.

Gutman also has a series on bowling of all things. He says he has written the only bowling/horror novel for kids. I'm thinking he's probably right on that one!

And I just got some pictures of my brother and his wife Stephanie in front of the World Series trophy! They were visiting the family in Rhode Island last weekend and the trophy was on display at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket. So before the PawSox game they stood in line and got to take a half dozen pictures or so. This so rocks and I'm completely jealous! You have to love Pawtucket, for letting the fans reach out and touch a piece of baseball history. Go PawSox!