Don't Miss this Red Sox Sports Author, Mike Shalin at MPL

Red Sox Fans....Don't miss the Medfield Public Library's Last Author of the Season!!

Mike Shalin will be at the MPL on Tuesday, June 18th at 6:30pm to speak about his new book "The Hometown Team". This is a free event, you won't want to miss.

About the Author: Mike Shalin is a veteran of 35 years in sports journalism. The 1976 graduate of Wichita State University started with the wire services in New York in the 70s, moved to the New York Post from 1980-82 and then spent 22 years at the Boston Herald, covering the Red Sox for 12 years and then Boston College football and basketball before leaving the newspaper in 2005. He is now a freelancer in the Boston area, with varied duties including work as an official scorer at Fenway Park. Shalin, a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 1989, co-authored a book entitled "Out By A Step, The 100 Best Players Not inthe Baseball Hall of Fame and is the author of the 2011 release "Donnie Baseball, The Definitive Biography of Don Mattingly (Triumph). He also co-penned Gilles Villemure's Tales From The Rangers Locker Room, as well as several books for young readers and has worked in radio and television. Shalin resides in Easton, Ma

The Hometown Team, by Mike Shalin: 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. From star and support players, to members of the grounds crew, Red Sox staff, alumni, and some opposing players, this book features Fenway's most memorable characters from the past forty years, with behind-the-scenes images of the ballpark during that time as well.

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.

The perfect gift for any fan of Boston baseball!

Shalin is an engaging speaker and he will be selling and signing copies of his book which is a big, beautiful coffee table book.