It's always a good day to go the ballpark, but even more special when you are there with a guy who writes baseball books. I'm in Florida to visit my co-author Tony Silvia and work on our book, "Power Performance: Storytelling for Multimedia Journalists."He scored some sweet seats at Tropicana Field for the Rays and Texas Rangers. We enjoyed a great brunch in the Whitney Bank Club, and an awesome vantage point on the first base line. We also paid a visit to the broadcast booth to visit play-by-play man Dewayne Staats.
Tony's most recent book is "Fathers and Sons in Baseball Broadcasting," and we had a chance to meet one of the people he has profiled, Todd Kalas, son of the late of the late Philadelphia Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas.
You can check out Tony's book at this link: http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-3815-0
Thinking back to some fun times with my dad, watching the Dodgers or the minor league Quakes, I can't thank Tony enough for sharing his "inside baseball" world with me. I also was able to meet several of his colleagues from the University of South Florida at a party for new grad students. Nice people, great fun, but back to work tomorrow!
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