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Baseball's 1981 Strike Was a Dose of Reality to an 11-year-old. July 12, 2016, by Mark Podolski.

The 1981 Split Season Still Speaks to us. May 4, 2016, by Devin Shaw.  

The Sporting Life, with Jeremy Schaap, ESPN Radio,  September 4, 2015, 

Sports Business Daily, "recalling a bad year, and a good one, for MLB." August 3, 2015, by Erik Spanberg. 

High Heat, with Chris Russo, MLB Network,  Jul7 22, 2015, 

Only a Game (NPR), “‘Split Season’ Details The Strike Shortened 1981 MLB Season,” June 12, 2015, by Bill Littlefield.

 

 

 

MLB Now, with Brian Kenny, MLB Network,  June 9, 2015, 

Olbermann, Keith Olbermann Show, ESPN2,  June 1, 2015, 

Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf, “The Bookshelf Conversation: Jeff Katz." May 18, 2015.

New York Times, “Remembering 1981." May 17, 2015, by Tyler Kepner.

The Sporting News, “Did the 1981 strike save baseball? Author of new book says 'yes.'" May 12, 2015, by Justin McGuire.

Chicago Tribune, “Baseball Books to Read This Season,” April 2, 2015, by Allen Barra.

WGN Radio, “Cooperstown Mayor, and former Chicagoan, Jeff Katz,” July 25, 2014, Steve Cochran Show.

JTA, “Shalom to the enshrined: Cooperstown’s mayor, Hall of Fame chief greeting baseball’s elite,” July 22, 2014, by Hillel Kuttler.

New York Times, "In Cooperstown, a Baseball Author is Also a Manager," July 24, 2014, by Richard Sandomir.

Chicago Tribune, “Chicago ties bind mayor of Cooperstown.” July 19, 2014, by Chris Hine.

The Nation, “Guest Column: Cooperstown’s Mayor on Obama’s Visit (and That Anti-Fracking Protest),” May 23, 2014, by Greg Mitchell.
Chicago Sun-Times, “Lack of living inductees dampens ceremony, but Hall already was hurting,” July 30, 2013, by Rick Telander.

 

 

C-Span, "President Obama on Tourism and the Economy," May 22, 2014. (Includes a shout out to the Mayor.)

 

 

 

 

 
ESPN, “Cooperstown insists it can still thrive,” January 23, 2013, by Darren Rovell.
ESPN, “Dreams, reality alive in Cooperstown,” July 26, 2013, by Jim Caple.

 

New York Times, “Acclaim Comes Late for Baseball Pioneer,” April 15, 2013, by Hillel Kuttler.

 

 

Only a Game (NPR), “Honoring Bud Fowler, An African-American Baseball Pioneer,” May 4, 2013, by David Sommerstein.

 

 

 

ESPN, “The night Wrigley Field lit up,” August 8, 2013, by Jim Caple.

 

 

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