Author Talk: Joe Niese with "Burleigh Grimes, the Last Legal Spitballer"
Date and Time
Thursday Jun 12, 2014
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM CDT
June 12, 2014 6:30 p.m.
Location
River Falls Public Library Lower Level Community Room 140 Union St. on the corner of Main and Union
Fees/Admission
Free
Contact Information
Katie Chaffee
715 426-3496
katiec@riverfallspubliclibrary.org
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Description
Sports author Joe Niese brings his new book about professional baseball pitcher Burleigh Grimes, one of only four Wisconsin natives enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He will show over 50 slides of Grimes' long career which he finished as the last legal spitball pitcher in the league. Niese will have books for sale and signing that night. FREE ADMISSION!