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The Spaceman Has Landed

Today marks the official DVD release of Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey by first-time feature-length documentary film producers Brett Rapkin and Josh Dixon. The film, a documentary about former Red Sox star Bill Lee, has already played to favorable reviews on NESN and the loaded-with-extras DVD release comes on the heels of Brett and Josh's appearance at the recent Fall BLOHARDS luncheon where they previewed the film to an enthusiastic crowd. The DVD is now available for purchase on SpacemanInCuba.com, as well as on Amazon.com and other fine e-tailers and retailers nationwide where you may save a few bucks.

It's noteworthy to mention here that the DVD has been released by Hart Sharp Video, the fine folks who brought us "Still, We Believe…The Boston Red Sox Movie" and "Faith Rewarded: The Historic Season of the 2004 Boston Red Sox".

A thorough investigation of the Spaceman DVD is currently being conducted by BLOHARDS Brass and other BLOHARD Knights of the Ergonomic Keyboard who have promised a complete review in the very near future.

Until then, the official press release has this to say...

Review: Fenway Pole Finder

If you thought finding a Pole at Fenway was limited to the possibility of seeing Carl Yastrzemski on Opening Day, you're wrong! (Being a Polish-American who's favorite player was Yaz, I can say that.) Tim Shea, author of Fenway Pole Finder ($14.95, Itasca Books), has done BLOHARDS and Red Sox Nation a big favor with the recent publication of his useful guide to finding the best seats at America's Most Beloved Ballpark.

Feed The Monster In Manhattan

Meet Seth Mnookin, Author of Feeding the Monster: How Money, Smarts, and Nerve Took a Team to the Top on Wednesday, August 2, 2006 at 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble Booksellers Union Square located at 33 East 17th Street in New York City!

More Space, Man

7/10/06 email release: If you haven't heard, the World Television Premiere of "Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey" will be this Wednesday night, July 12 at 8pm est on NESN. For those of you who don't have NESN, or want to own a DVD with ten additional minutes of great Spaceman footage, we are now taking preorders on our website, spacemanincuba.com. Filmmakers Brett Rapkin and Josh Dixon want to thank you for continued interest and support. As the Spaceman himself says, "Please keep arms, legs and head inside the vehicle at all times and Enjoy the Ride."

Join us at: www.spacemanincuba.com and at our Blog.

Spaceman In The Hall Of Fame

During my annual pilgrimage to Cooperstown yesterday I learned that Bill "Spaceman" Lee had been in town recently. Despite living in Vermont, Lee personifies the meaning of the word BLOHARD in ways too numerous to mention; but I digress. On the first floor of the Hall, beyond the Bullpen Theater, I came across the re-released paperback of The Wrong Stuff. I subsequently learned that Have Glove, Will Travel: Adventures of a Baseball Vagabond has also recently been released in paperback. So yes kids, Bill Lee is indeed in the Hall of Fame... Bookstore!

Viva Leigh's Bam

Esteemed author Leigh Montville will host a reading from his latest book The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 at 6:30 p.m. at the Barnes & Noble Booksellers Citigroup Center. The store is located in the Citigroup Building at the southwest corner of 54th St.and 3rd Avenue in Manhattan.

Neither Montville (Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero; Why Not Us?: The 86-Year Journey of the Boston Red Sox Fans from Unparalleled Suffering to the Promised Land of the 2004 World Series) nor Ruth, are related to Bam Margera of Viva La Bam fame but you can probably find the DVDs at the store too.

1975 World Series Collector's Edition DVD Set

7-disc set features game broadcasts of one of the greatest World Series in MLB history

Major League Baseball Productions and A&E Home Video present the definitive retrospective of one of the most exciting and dramatic World Series in the history of Major League Baseball with the new DVD set The Cincinnati Reds 1975 World Series Collector's Edition. This unique box set features more than 17 hours of footage including game broadcasts of all seven World Series games. The DVD set will be released on Tuesday, June 13. Amazon.com Sale Price

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Rob Neyer's Big Book Of Baseball Blunders: A Complete Guide To The Worst Decisions & Stupidest Moments In Baseball History
Reading, Signing, Q&A

If you're a lover of both sports and folly, you'll be interested in this weekend's book reading, signing, and Q&A with Rob Neyer this Saturday at Coliseum Books. In Rob Neyer's Big Book Of Baseball Blunders: A Complete Guide To The Worst Decisions & Stupidest Moments In Baseball History, Neyer brings us a compendium of some of the most entertaining, and most tragic, blunders committed in the major leagues.

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