{"product_id":"memories-from-the-microphone-a-century-of-baseball-broadcasting-9781642506754","title":"Memories from the Microphone: A Century of Baseball Broadcasting","description":"Timed for the centennial of the first game to be broadcast on radio, \u003cem\u003eMemories from the Microphone: A Century of Baseball Broadcasting\u003c\/em\u003e will celebrate the larger-than-life role that radio and TV announcers have had on our enjoyment of the national pastime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmith, Curt:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eCurt Smith is a prolific author and baseball's leading radio\/television historian who wrote more speeches than anyone for former President George H.W. Bush--\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/em\u003eterming his work \"the high point of Bush familial eloquence.\"\u003cem\u003e USA Today \u003c\/em\u003ecalls him \"the voice of authority on baseball broadcasting.\" To Chicago Cubs announcer Pat Hughes, Smith is \"simply one of the best baseball historians, ever.\" \u003cem\u003eMemories From the Mike: A Century of Baseball Broadcasting \u003c\/em\u003eis his eighteenth book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1998, Smith joined the University of Rochester faculty as Senior Lecturer of English. He teaches Public Speaking using video, text, and lecture, and Presidential Rhetoric, etching how U.S. presidents from Calvin Coolidge to Joe Biden communicated through language and delivery. He is also a Gannett News Service columnist, analyzing politics, culture, and sport through what pollster John Zogby calls \"his mastery of language.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmith began his career as a 1970s Gannett reporter, 1980-82 \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eSaturday Evening Post\u003c\/em\u003e Senior editor, and 1983-89 speechwriter for several Cabinet members of the Reagan Presidency. He was a 1989-93 White House speechwriter for President George H.W. Bush, addresses including the \"Just War\" Persian Gulf speech; address on the USS \u003cem\u003eArizona\u003c\/em\u003e Memorial site on Pearl Harbor's fiftieth anniversary that Senator John McCain termed \"moving ... thick with emotion\"; and later Bush's 2004 emotional eulogy to Ronald Reagan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1992, Smith released the updated version of \u003cem\u003eVoices of The Game\u003c\/em\u003e, the history of baseball radio\/TV that \u003cem\u003ePublisher's Weekly \u003c\/em\u003ecalled \"monumental.\" It became a Smithsonian Institution series that \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/em\u003estyled \"a mesmerizing memory lane\" and then highly-rated three-part 1994-95 ESPN TV series. Since then, Smith has hosted other Smithsonian, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, XM Satellite Radio, and a decade-long National Public Radio Upstate New York series \u003cem\u003ePerspectives\u003c\/em\u003e, named by Associated Press \"Best in New York State.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmith's most recent book is \u003cem\u003eThe Presidents and the Pastime. \u003c\/em\u003eOthers include \u003cem\u003ePull Up a Chair: The Vin Scully Story; George H.W. Bush; A Talk in the Park; What Baseball Means to Me; Windows on the White \u003c\/em\u003eHouse; and\u003cem\u003e Mercy!, \u003c\/em\u003ea tribute to Fenway Park. He has contributed to the \u003cem\u003eCambridge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e Companion to Baseball, \u003c\/em\u003ethe National Museum of American Jewish History's \u003cem\u003eChasing Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e, and more than a dozen volumes of the Society of American Baseball Research--and addressed, among others, the White House Historical Association, Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, and Great Fenway Writers Series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmith has written about baseball or politics for, among other publications, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Enterprise Magazine, The Boston Globe, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e The New York Times, Reader's Digest\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Sports Illustrated\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Sporting News, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post. \u003c\/em\u003eHe has appeared on network radio\/TV programs including ABC's \u003cem\u003eNightline, \u003c\/em\u003eArmed Forces Radio, BBC, CBS \u003cem\u003eThis Morning\u003c\/em\u003e, CNBC, CNN, ESPN, Fox News Channel, History Channel, MSNBC, Mutual Radio's \u003cem\u003eJim Bohannon \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eLarry King\u003c\/em\u003e, and Radio America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn and raised in Upstate New York, the State University of New York at Geneseo graduate was elected in 1993 to the Judson Welliver Society of former White House speechwriters. Smith is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award broadcast committee and the National Radio Hall of Fame steering committee. He lives with his wife Sarah and two children in Upstate New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobinson, Brooks:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"\u003cp\u003eKnown as \"The Human Vacuum Cleaner,\" Brooks Robinson is regarded as arguably the best defensive third baseman the game has ever seen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobinson began his career with the Baltimore Orioles - the only team he ever played for - in 1955, and for 23 years dazzled fans on the field with his glove. Off the field, he was humble and gracious. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobinson retired after the 1977 season and the Orioles wasted no time in retiring his No. 5. He led all AL third basemen in fielding percentage 11 times and assists eight times. His 2,870 games at third base rank No. 1 on the all-time list.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was so beloved in Baltimore that sports writer Gordon Beard wrote: \"Brooks (Robinson) never asked anyone to name a candy bar after him. In Baltimore, people named their children after him.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobinson was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983.\u003c\/p\u003e\"","brand":"National Baseball Hall of Fame Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50381044384018,"sku":"9781642506754","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0a8552de-fa45-43f4-8f87-d79c8f71e7da.jpg?v=1728691877","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/memories-from-the-microphone-a-century-of-baseball-broadcasting-9781642506754","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}