Author, "Connecticut Baseball: The Best of the Nutmeg State," published by The History Press, 2008; now in second printing. Features interviews with 25 Connecticut natives who played in baseball's major leagues, including Jim Piersall, Charles Nagy, Steve Blass, Bobby Valentine, Walt Dropo, Johnny Ellis, Billy Gardner and Rollie Sheldon. Another chapter contains interviews with Rico Brogna and Jumping Joe Dugan (third baseman on the 1927 Yankees), who grew up in Connecticut, and Smoky Joe Wood, who resided in New Haven for many years. The author picks his all-time team composed of Connecticut natives. More than 90 images.