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Only a Game!

On August 11, I was a guest on the amazing NPR program, "Only a Game," produced out of WBUR in Boston. Thanks to Karen Given for capturing the essence of the interview we did. Here's the link to the segment:

New Friends: Montreal Expos Alumni

To be honest, I simply didn't know what to expect when I received an invitation to join several alumni from the Montreal Expos baseball team in a charity bowling event in Cooperstown, New York. It's induction weekend, and Vladimir Guerrero is one of the inductees, and...

The Home Run Derby

It's a spectacle, the annual Home Run Derby, the bashing party that takes place annually on the day before the All-Star Game. Normally, I ignore the slugfest, marked by a bunch of guys who strike out a lot in their regular-season appearances but also hit a bunch of...

Great article from the Cooperstown Crier

Today the Red Sox won against the Toronto Blue Jays in the 10th inning, thanks to a grand slam by shortstop Xander Bogaerts! Today, I also discovered an article from the Cooperstown Crier that I'd completely missed. Written by Greg Klein who attended my talk at the...

Trip Down Memory Lane

Clean out that junk drawer, she said. You can't even open the drawer without jamming it, she said. Okay, okay. This morning, I decided to clean out one of many junk drawers in my house. Yes, I have many, but this one is where I keep my mailing supplies--big rolls of...

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It’s a novel about baseball–and life.

Three strangers met by chance in 1972 with one thing in common: baseball. They want to become major league baseball players. They were star pitchers on the baseball teams in their respective home towns, and baseball is what brought them together to play for a minor-league team in a remote town in western New York.

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Upcoming Events – June 2018

Hello Everyone--I have a couple of upcoming events, in case you're interested. Would love to see you! June 7, 2018: Cooperstown Town Library, 22 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York, 7 pm: I'll relate a few baseball anecdotes about some of the things I've experienced in...

Shameless Self-promotion?

I made a living for almost 40 years out of doing public relations, marketing and media relations for people in a number of organizations. Education. Not-for-profit health care. Government agencies. However, it's a whole new ballgame, this blowing my own horn, trying...

Super Bowl Hype

Yeah, yeah, most people are concerned with the Super Bowl tomorrow. Patriots vs. Eagles. Eagles vs. Patriots. Playing the cold--no, the EXTREME cold--of Minnesota. Have you SEEN those ticket prices? Can you imagine the good we could do if we spent money like that to...

Listen to WAMC Interview

A couple of weeks ago, I did an interview on WAMC/Northeast Public Radio (wamc.org) about Empty Seats  with Joe Donahue, one of the country's premiere book interviewers. Here's the link: http://wamc.org/post/wanda-fischers-debut-novel This was a lot of fun for me to...

Empty Seats is Out!

  You can now buy my book! Right here on this website...or you can go to Amazon.com, but if you buy it from me, I'll sign it for you. Here's a brief synopsis: Three strangers met by chance in 1972 with one thing in common: baseball. They had been star pitchers on...

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