Thank you, Jason Cannon and @nine-on-9.bsky.social for this awesome review! Proud to be included among so many excellent books.

Thank you to Dr. Paul Semendinger for this fine interview in Start Spreading the News. We managed to squeeze a lot of interesting stuff into a relatively small space. Check it out here: www.startspreadingthenews.blog/post/sstn-in... @univnebpress.bsky.social @baseballhistorynut.bsky.social

Grateful!

This was so much fun, talking with Paul Semendinger on his great podcast about "Big Cat" Johnny Mize. Please check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRj2... @univnebpress.bsky.social #baseballhistory @bballhist.bsky.social

Don't miss the 20th Annual Dahlonega Literary Festival, tomorrow! Come visit me and you'll walk away with a baseball card. If you love to read, you'll love this event. See you there! www.literaryfestival.org #booksigningevent #booksigning #northeastgeorgia #LiteraryEvent

Spring Training 1935: Johnny Mize was a temporary Red. He hit some monster blasts, but the Reds sent him back to the Cards before Opening Day as damaged goods. The rest is history. Read it in "Big Cat." @univnebpress.bsky.social @bballhist.bsky.social @baseballhall.org @twibhistory.bsky.social #Reds

I'm an ally.

This week on @goodseatsstillavailable.com:

Had a fabulous time talking about "Big Cat" and Johnny Mize on the best sports history podcast around, Good Seats Still Available (@goodseatsstillavailable.com). Check it out wherever you listen to podcasts, or right here: goodseatsstillavailable.com/listen/2025/...

Erik the Red discovered Greenland using 10th century technology. The dottering Orange Shitgibbon can barely find it on a 21st century map. That helps explain why his shambling army of dumbfuck walking dead supporters are hopelessly lost.

Thanks to everyone supporting this project. Really excited to see this happen. vimeo.com/1043438512/9...

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I asked Col. Bruce Hampton to describe Leftover Salmon (the band, not the meal) in two words and he said, "Zambi incarnate." He was right on. Author Tim Newby totally captures the band in this classic, which belongs on the bookshelf of every music lover. Get it here: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538...!

During a Zoom meeting, be sure to nod occasionally while taking notes, so as to appear "engaged." And if someone later asks to borrow your notes, simply tell them, "oh, those were just for me, you know, for context," or even better, "I'm not your personal stenographer, take your own damn notes."

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Best review I can possibly receive for "Big Cat" comes from the son of Big Cat, Jim Mize. Here he is with a copy of the book with filmmaker Hal Jacobs (who is making a documentary based on the book). @univnebpress.bsky.social @bballhist.bsky.social @baseballhall.bsky.social

Stuck in a depressing, dead end job that you hate with an old-fashioned, shitty briefcase? Turn your life around and take flight! The possibilities are finite! (Disclaimer: Metal claws, talons, bat wings, briefcase, and badly drawn incongruous rocket sold separately).

Illuminated

How do you provide a fundamental human need while making an intimate personal connection with someone? How do you feed a person with a G-tube? It's really not that complicated. Joe agreed to help show you how:

Sill life

Morning Joe with Sunny

UGA Press is offering my first book for 50% off (Ga. Author of the Year finalist)! I was there when Bruce took off for the cosmos from his spot on the Fox Theatre stage (one of the many amazing stories in this book). Use code 08HLDY24 and order it from UGA Press here: bit.ly/3V1kOcC

Something I wrote about a man on the trail. This is about first impressions and how they can sometimes be wrong. Really, it's about so much, and it's remarkably short. Sometimes I get it right. This is one of those times, I think: jerrygrillowriter.com/2024/11/09/1...

Someone told me that your book will do well if the right people like it.

Get "Big Cat," the true life adventure of baseball legend Johnny Mize, for 50% off through Dec. 31. Makes a great stocking (or first baseman's mitt) stuffer! Use this code: 6HLW24 when you order it here: bit.ly/468WN7f @oldbaseballnews.bsky.social @bballhist.bsky.social @baseballhall.bsky.social

My brilliant and hilarious 93-year-old mother this morning: "Did you hear that Trump has a new first lady? Elon Musk."

Heard any good books lately? Let me suggest "Big Cat," which just made its audiobook debut. Now you can get the beautiful hardcover edition, or the audio version, which you can listen to on your smoking break. It's the true life baseball adventure story of Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Mize.

I wrote this book, too. It was published in 2021. Plenty of copies available of this gem!

So, I wrote this book and it was published earlier this year. Want a copy???

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