Media
To start off, here is a simple one page PDF flyer with basic info on the book.
Publicity for Now Taking the Field: Baseball’s All-Time Dream Teams for All 30 Franchises includes radio and television interviews, as well as articles and reviews in newspapers and blogs. This page focuses on television and radio, but see also the list of written articles and reviews.
If you are a member of the media (radio, television, online, or newspaper / magazine) and would like a review copy of the book, please either use my contact page to get in touch, or connect with me via LinkedIn and send me a message to express your interest and include a mailing address.
Television Appearances
Thursday, February 21, 2019
Appearance on MLB Now on the MLB Network, hosted by Scott Braun, and including guests Joe Girardi and Dan O’Dowd. I was on the entire one hour program, but here is the recording of the 5-minute interview focused on my book Now Taking the Field: Baseball’s All-Time Dream Teams for All 30 Franchises.
Radio Interviews
So far in 2020:
Thursday, May 21st
6:25p-6:35p ET—KFH-FM (Wichita, KS—WICHITA, KS). Live interview on “The Drive” show, hosted by Bob Lutz and Jeff Lutz.
11:10p-11:30p ET—KDWN-FM (Las Vegas, NV—LAS VEGAS, NV). Live interview on the “SportsXRadio” show, hosted by Ken Thomson.
Tuesday, May 19th
2:05p-2:15p ET—WTPL-FM (Bow, NH—BOSTON, MA). Live interview on the “Cail & Company” show, hosted by Ken Cail, et al.
Friday, May 15th
6:05p-6:15p ET—WNSR-AM (Nashville, TN—NASHVILLE, TN). Live interview on the “Johnny Ballpark Franks Show”, hosted by Johnny Franks.
Monday, May 11th
11:00a-11:15a ET—WOFX-FM (Albany, NY—ALBANY, NY). Live interview on the “Big Board Sports” show, hosted by Rodger Wyland.
Sunday, May 10th
11:05a-11:20a ET—WTIC-AM (Farmington, CT—HARTFORD / NEW HAVEN, CT). Live interview on the “Sports Talk”, hosted by Joe D’Ambrosio.
Saturday, May 9th
9:35a-10:00a ET—KLPW-AM (Washington, MO—ST. LOUIS, MO). Live interview on “The John Covington Sports Show”, hosted by John Covington.
Thursday, May 7th
1:00p-1:15p ET—93.7 The Fan (Pittsburgh, PA—PITTSBURGH, PA). Live interview on the “Cook and Joe Show”, hosted by Ron Cook and Joe Starkey.
Wednesday, May 6th
2:00p-2:30p ET—WPPA-FM (Pottsville, PA—WILKES BARRE / SCRANTON, PA). Taped interview for the “Saturday Morning Sports Show”, hosted by Ed Beneshunas.
3:30p-3:45p ET—WLXG-AM (Lexington, KY—LEXINGTON, KY). Taped interview for the “Matthew & Mikey” show, hosted by Matthew Laurance and Mike Cameron.
6:30p-6:45p ET—WKNR-AM (Cleveland, OH—CLEVELAND, OH). Live interview on the “ESPN Cleveland Tonight” show, hosted by Matt Fontana.
Tuesday, May 5th
11:00p-11:15p ET—KMOX-AM (ST. Louis, MO—ST. LOUIS, MO). Live interview on the “Overnight America” show, hosted by Ryan Wrecker.
Monday, May 4th
7:50a-8:00a ET—WMT-AM (Cedar Rapids, IA—CEDAR RAPIDS, IA). Live interview on the “WMT Morning Show”, hosted by Doug Wagner.
8:20a-8:30a ET —CBS Sports Radio (New York, NY—SYNDICATED). Live interview on “The DA Show”, hosted by Damon Amendolara. Listen to the recording here.
Friday, May 1st
4:45p-5:00p ET—WLS-AM (Chicago, IL—CHICAGO, IL). Taped interview for the “John Howell Show”, hosted by John Howell.
Thursday, April 30th
8:30a-8:45a ET—Fox Sports Spartanburg (Spartanburg, SC—GREENVILLE, SC / ASHEVILLE, NC). Live interview on the “Bump and Run” show, hosted by Tyler Shugart and Taylor Travis.
9:00a-9:15a ET—WJXL-AM (Jacksonville, FL—JACKSONVILLE, FL). Live interview on “The Drill” show, hosted by Dan Hicken and Jeff Prosser.
Wednesday, April 29th
2:00p-2:15p ET—KOAL-FM (Salt Lake City, UT—SALT LAKE CITY, UT). Taped interview for the “Drive Time Sports” show, hosted by Travis Anderson and Dave Hocanson.
Wednesday, April 22nd
7:00a-7:30a ET—WVMT-AM (Colchester, VT—BURLINGTON, VT). Live interview on the “The Morning Drive” show, hosted by Marcus and Kurt Wright.
Tuesday, April 21st
8:40a-8:55a ET—SB Nation (Houston, TX—SYNDICATED). Live interview on the “Wake Up Call” show, hosted by Tony Desiere.
Monday, April 20th
1:40p-1:55p ET—Sports Byline USA (San Francisco, CA—SYNDICATED). Live interview on the “Titillating Sports” show, hosted by Rick Tittle.
2:00p-2:15p ET—WHB-AM (Kansas City, MO—KANSAS CITY, MO). Taped interview or “The Program” show, hosted by Soren Petro et al.
Sunday, April 19th
7:35p-7:45p ET—WCCO-AM (Minneapolis, MN—MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL, MN). Live interview on the “Steve Thomson” show, hosted by Steve Thomson.
Saturday, April 18th
9:25a-9:35a ET—93.7 The Fan (Pittsburgh, PA—PITTSBURGH, PA). Live interview on the “Bucco Talk” show, hosted by Dan Zangrilli.
Friday, April 17th
7:00p-7:15p ET—KZDC-AM (San Antonio, TX—SAN ANTONIO, TX). Live interview on “The Blitz” show, hosted by Jason Minnix and Rob Thompson.
Thursday, April 16th
10:00a-10:15a ET—KRLD-AM (Dallas, TX—DALLAS / FORT WORTH, TX). Taped interview with KRLD News Anchor Mitch Carr.
6:00p-6:15p ET—KWTO-FM (Springfield, MO—SPRINGFIELD, MO). Live interview on the “Sportstalk” show, hosted by Art Hains.
Tuesday, February 18th
5:30p-5:45p ET—Sports Byline USA (San Francisco, CA—SYNDICATED). Taped interview on the “Sports Byline USA” show, hosted by Ron Barr
Thursday, January 23rd
8:20a-8:305a ET—ET—WYRQ-FM (Little Falls, MN—MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL, MN). Live interview on the “Mornings with Al” show, hosted by Al Windsperger.
Thursday, January 16th
7:35a-7:45a ET—WHTC-AM (Holland, MI—GRAND RAPIDS, MI). Live interview on the “WHTC Morning News” show, hosted by Gary Stevens.
Wednesday, January 15th
7:35a-7:45a ET—WKNY-AM (Kingston, NY—NEW YORK, NY). Live interview on “The WKNY AM Drive Sports Show”, hosted by Warren Lawrence and Chris Burns.
10:50a-11:05a ET—SB Nation Radio (Dallas, TX—SYNDICATED). Taped interview on “The Big E Sports Show”, hosted by Elissa Walker Campbell.
11:15a-11:30a ET—KCAA-AM (Redlands, CA—LOS ANGELES, CA). Taped interview for “The Sports Corner” show, hosted by Gabriel Segura.
Noon-12:20p ET—WORL-AM (Orlando, FL—ORLANDO, FL). Taped interview for “The Pat Williams Show”, hosted by Pat Williams.
1:00p-1:15p ET—WHBQ-AM (Memphis, TN—MEMPHIS, TN). Live interview on the “Sports 56 Middays” show, hosted by Greg Gaston and Eli Savoie.
4:30p-4:45p ET—Oakland Athletics (Oakland, CA—LIVE STREAMING). Live interview for the “A’s Cast Live” show, hosted by Chris Townsend.
Tuesday, January 14
1:00p-1:15p ET—WRCN-FM (Riverhead, NY—NEW YORK, NY / SYNDICATED). Live interview on the “Sports Garten Network” show, hosted by Tom Barton.
1:20p-1:30p ET—WBGG-AM (Pittsburgh, PA—PITTSBURGH, PA). Live interview for the “Savran on Sports” show, hosted by Stan Savran.
Friday, January 10th
4:15p-4:30p ET—Sports Byline USA / Sirius XM Satellite Radio (San Bernardino, CA—SYNDICATED). Taped interview for the “Sports Overnight America” show, hosted by Fred Wallin.
In 2019:
Friday, December 20th
4:30pm-4:45pm ET—WTEL-AM Philadelphia, PA. Live interview on the “The Heart of Sports” show, hosted by Jason Springer and Jeffrey Cohen.
Tuesday, December 17th
12:30pm-12:45pm ET—ESPN Radio Bristol, CT. Recorded interview on the “The Sporting Life” show, hosted by Jeremy Schaap.
Listen to the recording here, or at Apple here, or at player.fm here.
Monday, December 16th
5:30pm-5:45pm ET—KZNE-AM Waco, TX. Live interview on the “The Chip Howard Show”, hosted by Chip Howard.
Sunday, December 15th
10:00am-10:15am ET—KFNS-AM St. Louis, MO. Live interview on the “The STL United FC Saturday” show, hosted by Tom Schwarz.
Friday, December 13th
8:45pm-8:55pm ET—KWFN-FM San Diego, CA. Live interview on the “Gwynn and Chris” show, hosted by Tony Gwynn, Jr. and Chris Ello.
Thursday, December 12th
8:30pm-8:45pm ET—Tune in Radio / BBM Global Network (New York, NY – Podcast) Live interview on the “The Gil Martin Show”, hosted by Gil Martin.
Monday, December 9th
11:00am-11:10am ET—KCQL-AM Albuquerque, NM. Live interview on the “First Sports” show, hosted by Steve Bortstein.
Friday, December 6th
11:00am-11:15am ET—KWTO-FM Springfield, MO. Live interview on the “The Sports Report” show, hosted by Nate Lucas.
Thursday, December 5th
10:00am-10:15am ET—WDAD-AM Indiana, PA. Taped interview for the “Indiana in the Morning” show, hosted by Todd Marino.
6:20pm-6:30pm ET—KCSF-AM COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. Live interview on the “DriveTime Sports” show, hosted by Ryan Kaufman and Chris Braden.
Wednesday, December 4th
12:30pm-12:45pm ET—USA Radio Network (Dallas, TX—SYNDICATED). Taped interview with USA Radio Network Sports Director John Clemens.
4:40pm-4:50pm ET—WTAM-AM CLEVELAND, OH. Live interview on the “Munch on Ohio Sports” show, hosted by Mark “Munch” Bishop.
Tuesday, November 26th
4:05am-4:20pm ET—ROCHESTER, NY. The Carl Falk Show on WHTK-AM. Radio interview with Carl Falk. Recording is available here.
Monday, November 25th
9:00am-9:15am ET—MINNEAPOLIS / ST.PAUL, MN. The Steve Thomson show on WCCO-AM. Radio interview with Steve Thomson.
Monday, November 25th
10:00am-10:15am ET—OMAHA, NE. Upon Further Review on KMA-AM. Radio interview with Derek Martin. Recording is available here.
Monday, July 8th
2:00pm-2:20pm ET—ALBANY, NY. Townsquare Media Albany. Radio interview with Steve Richards.
Friday, July 5th
6:05pm-6:20pm ET—CINCINNATI, OH. Sports Talk on 700 WLW. Radio interview with Chick Ludwig.
Friday, June 21st
10:30pm-10:45pm PST—LOS ANGELES, CA. Live radio interview with Fred Wallin.
Saturday, June 1st
ROCHESTER, NY. Recording of pre-game interview by Josh Whetzel to be played during Rochester Red Wings (AAA). games at a later date.
Sunday, May 5th
1:30-1:40p ET—KNBR-AM (San Francisco, CA—SAN FRANCISCO, CA). Live interview on the Giants Pre-Game Show, hosted by Marty Lurie. Recording of this interview is available here, here, and here.
Wednesday, May 1st
BUFFALO, NY. Recording of pre-game interview by Pat Malacaro to be played during a Buffalo Bisons (AAA) game at a later date.
Friday, April 5th
4:20p-4:30p ET—WYGM-AM (Maitland, FL—ORLANDO / DAYTONA BEACH, FL). Live interview on the “In the Zone” show, hosted by Shot Dr. & Brandon Kravitz.
Saturday, March 23rd
2:40p-2:55p ET—WWLS-AM (Oklahoma City, OK—OKLAHOMA CITY, OK). Live interview on “The Bottom Line” show, hosted by Matt Meyer.
Tuesday, March 19th
2:00p-2:15p ET—WGNA-FM (Schenectady, NY—ALBANY, NY). Taped interview for the “Speaking of Writers” show, hosted by Steve Richards.
Wednesday, March 13th
9:30p-9:45p ET—KDUS-AM (Phoenix, AZ—PHOENIX, AZ). Live interview on “The Sports Zoo” show, hosted by Dave Bierstein.
Tuesday, March 5th
3:00p-3:15p ET—KJR-AM (Seattle, WA—SEATTLE, WA). Taped interview with KJR-AM Anchor Jeff “The Fish” Aaron.
3:30p-3:45p ET—KTIE-AM (Glendale, CA—LOS ANGELES, CA). Taped interview for “The Sports Corner” show, hosted by Gabriel Segura.
Thursday, February 28th
5:05p-5:15p ET—WTAM-AM (Cleveland, OH—CLEVELAND, OH). Live interview on the “Munch on Ohio Sports” show, hosted by Mark “Munch” Bishop.
5:35p-5:45p ET—SB Nation (Houston, TX—SYNDICATED). Taped interview with SB Nation Host Jake Asman. Recording available here (segment starts at 25:00 minute mark)
7:35p-7:45p ET—KBKR-AM (La Grande, OR—PORTLAND, OR). Live interview on the “Johnny Ballgame Show”, hosted by John Mallory.
Saturday, February 23rd
7:00p-7:15p ET—CBS Sports Radio (New York, NY—SYNDICATED). Taped interview for the “Jody McDonald” show, hosted by Ken Carman.
Friday, February 22nd
7:05a-7:15a ET—WMJI-FM (Cleveland, OH—CLEVELAND, OH). Live interview on the “Nolan, Malone & Kullik Morning Show”, hosted by Mark Nolan, Jimmy Malone and Chip Kullik.
8:10a-8:20a ET—WPHM-AM (Port Huron, MI—DETROIT, MI). Live interview on “The Morning Show”, hosted by Paul Miller.
9:30a-9:45a ET—WOKY-AM (Milwaukee, WI—MILWAUKEE, WI). Taped interview for the “It’s All Thunder” podcast, hosted by Mitch “Thunder” Nelles. Recording available here.
Wednesday, February 20th
Noon-12:20p ET—KOAL-FM (Salt Lake City, UT—SALT LAKE CITY, UT). Taped interview for the “Drive Time Sports” show, hosted by Travis Anderson and Dave Hocanson.
12:30p-12:50a ET—WTPL-FM (Bow, NH—BOSTON, MA). Live interview on the “Cail & Company” show, hosted by Ken Cail, et al.
Sunday, January 20th
8:00p-8:15p ET—WLIE 540AM (New York City, NY —NEW YORK CITY, NY). Live interview for “SportsTalk NY.” Recording available here.
Thursday, January 17th
4:00pm ET— Taped interview for the “Baseball by the Book” podcast, with Justin McGuire.
Saturday, January 12th
12:15p-12:30p ET—WIP (Philadelphia, PA—PHILADELPHIA, PA). Taped interview for “SportsRadio 94 WIP”, with Tim Kelly.
2018
Wednesday, December 19th
1:00p-1:20p ET—WORL-AM (Orlando, FL—ORLANDO, FL). Taped interview for “The Pat Williams Show”, hosted by Pat Williams.
Tuesday, December 18th
8:35a-8:45a ET—WHBY-AM (Appleton, WI—GREEN BAY / APPLETON, WI). Live interview on the “WHBY Morning Show” show, hosted by B.J. DeGroot.
4:15p-4:30p ET—KTIK AM / FM (Boise, ID—BOISE, ID). Live interview on the “Idaho Sports Talk” show, hosted by Bob Behler and Chris Lewis.
Friday, December 14th
11:35a-11:45a ET—KMOX-AM (St. Louis, MO—ST. LOUIS, MO). Live interview on “The Charlie Brennan Show”, guest-hosted by John Hancock and Michael Kelley.
Thursday, December 13th
2:00p-2:15p ET—SB Nation Radio (Dallas, TX—SYNDICATED). Taped interview on “The Big E Sports Show”, hosted by Elissa Walker Campbell.
5:00p-5:15p ET—KSCB-AM (Liberal, KS—WICHITA, KS). Live interview on the “Live from Broadcast Square” show, hosted by Joe Denoyer.
6:05p-6:15p ET—KGYM-AM (Cedar Rapids, IA—CEDAR RAPIDS, IA). Taped interview for “The Todd Brommelkamp Show”, hosted by Todd Brommelkamp and Alex Kuhn.
Wednesday, December 12th
12:35p-12:45p ET—WKII-AM (Port Charlotte, FL—FORT MYERS / NAPLES, FL). Live interview on “The Larry Timko Show”, hosted by Larry Timko.
Tuesday, December 11th
10:00a-10:15a ET— Grueling Truth Radio Network (PODCAST). Taped interview for “The Grueling Truth” podcast, hosted by James Ernest. Listen to the recording of this interview.
11:00a-11:10a ET—KCQL-AM (Farmington, NM—ALBUQUERQUE, NM). Live interview on the “First Sports” show, hosted by Steve Bortstein.
3:00p-3:15p ET—KORN-FM (Sioux Falls, SD—SIOUX FALLS, SD). Taped interview for the “Let’s Talk” show, hosted by Travis Kriens.
4:05p-4:15p ET—WHTK-AM (Rochester, NY—ROCHESTER, NY). Live interview on “The Carl Falk Show”, hosted by Carl Falk.
Monday, December 10th
10:00a-10:15a ET—WDAD-AM (Indiana, PA—PITTSBURGH, PA). Taped interview for the “Indiana in the Morning” show, hosted by Todd Marino.
Sunday, December 9th
10:00a-10:20a ET—MetsmerizedOnline.com (New York, NY—PODCAST). Taped interview for the “Talking Mets” podcast, hosted by Mike Silva.
Thursday, December 6th
7:35a-7:45a ET—WKNY-AM (Kingston, NY—NEW YORK, NY). Live interview on “The WKNY AM Drive Sports Show”, hosted by Warren Lawrence and Chris Burns.
11:00a-11:15a ET—USA Radio Network (Dallas, TX—SYNDICATED). John Clemens.
Wednesday, December 5th
4:30p-4:45p ET—WZGC-FM (Atlanta, GA). Taped interview for the “Chris & Randy” show, hosted by Chris Goforth and Randy McMichael.
Tuesday, December 4th
11:40-11:55 ET—WHAS-AM (Louisville, KY—LOUISVILLE, KY). Taped interview with WHAS-AM reporter, Suzanne Duvall.
Interview with John Ramos, recorded for The Locker Room on FoxSportsRadio. Listen to the recording of this interview.
Monday, December 3rd
10:20a-10:30a ET—WBIG-AM (Aurora, IL—CHICAGO, IL). Live interview on “The Big Wake Up Call”, hosted by Ryan Gatenby.
Sunday, December 2nd
5:40p-5:55p ET—WCCO-AM (Minneapolis, MN—MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL, MN). Live interview on the “Steve Thomson” show, hosted by Steve Thomson.
Friday, November 30
3:30p-3:50p ET—Sirius XM Satellite Radio / MLB Network Radio (New York, NY—SYNDICATED). Taped interview for the “Behind the Numbers: Baseball SABR-Style” show, hosted by Vince Gennaro.
Thursday, November 29th
11:00a-11:15a ET—KFH-AM (Wichita, KS—WICHITA, KS). Live interview on the “Sports Daily” show, hosted by Bruce Haertl and Shane Dennis. Recording link (there was an audio issue for the recording, so jump ahead to 3:00 minute mark)
Wednesday, November 28th
1:30p-1:40a ET—WGNU-AM (St. Louis, MO—ST. LOUIS, MO). Live interview on “The Brian Stull Show”, hosted by Brian Stull.
2:40p-2:55p ET—Sports Byline USA (San Francisco, CA—SYNDICATED). Live interview on the “Titillating Sports” show, hosted by Rick Tittle.
Tuesday, November 27th
6:40a-6:50a ET—WDUN-AM (Gainesville, GA—ATLANTA, GA). Live interview on “The Morning Show”, hosted by Bill Maine and Joel Williams. Listen to the recording here or here.
10:45a-11:00a ET—WIP-AM (Philadelphia, PA—PHILADELPHIA, PA). Taped interview for the “Steve Trevelise” show, hosted by Steve Trevelise.
