July 9, 2019
2019-07-09T19:00:00
2 North Main Street
Andover, MA 01810
Mike Shalin: The Hometown Team: Four Decades of Boston Red Sox Photography
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Join co-author, Mike Shalin, for an evening of talking about baseball. For Red Sox fans eager to relive the glory days of their favorite players, The Hometown Team enables them to do just that, through the lens of longtime photographer Steve Babineau. This scrapbook-style book features fun and insightful commentary from veteran sportswriter Mike Shalin and images of the following BoSox legends: Carlton Fisk, Carl Yastrzemski, Jim Rice, Wade Boggs, Jonathan Papelbon, Dustin Pedroia, David Ortiz, Curt Schilling, Kevin Youkilis, Jon Lester, Manny Ramirez, Pedro Martinez, Jason Varitek, Johnny Damon, Mookie Betts, and many more. Mike Shalin is a veteran of more than four decades in sports journalism, working for the Boston Herald and the New York Post. He spent much of his early career covering hockey before moving on to baseball and college sports. He is now a freelancer in the Boston area and has spent the past fifteen years as an official scorer at Fenway Park.