My wife and I got a chance to attend the book release party for our friend, Jonathan Mayo. The book is Facing Clemens: Hitters on Confronting Baseball's Most Intimidating Pitcher. As serious junkies know, Jonathan is the minor league draft guru for MLB.com. But in the book, as the title suggests, he got a chance to talk to a bunch of different guys about what it's like to step in the box against The Rocket. I'm especially looking forward to the chapter on Julio Franco. Jonathan is genuinely one of the nicest guys you're likely to meet, and (in between shoveling down pieces of Giant Eagle sheet cake), we had a wide-ranging conversation about American Idol, pick-up basketball, The Big Easy, his boy's first day of kindergarten, and my proposed Men's Occasional Night Out (MONO) for the neighborhood guys. We finally got around to talking about the book.
SDM: Is is there a chapter about Richie Zisk?
Jonathan Mayo: No.
SDM: Are there any Pirates in the book?
Jonathan Mayo: Um, no.
You can read an excerpt of the book featuring Torii Hunter right here. And you can pick one up a copy of the book on Amazon via Jonathan's website.
Here's wishing Jonathan the best.
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