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August Publications publishes websites and book for active readers, including Ballpark Digest, Spring Training Online, Arena Digest and Yellowstone Insider

If you were watching Saturday night’s MLB Future Stars game, you would have seen highly touted prospect JJ Wetherholt le...
07/16/2025

If you were watching Saturday night’s MLB Future Stars game, you would have seen highly touted prospect JJ Wetherholt lead off for the National League, doubling in his first at-bat and playing the entire game, as the National League won, 4-2. If you were watching last night's MLB All-Star Game, you saw former Mallard Pete Alonso (yes, that's him donning a Madison uni on the book cover) crank a three-run homer for the National League. Alonso and Wetherholt were big parts of the first 25 years of Madison Mallards history, told in Baseball Like It Oughta Be: How a Shoe Salesman’s Madison Mallards and His Renegade Staff Ignited the Summer-Collegiate Baseball Revolution. Check it out at August Publications: https://www.augustpublications.com/products/baseball-like-it-oughta-be

And just like that home run derbies are again a featured part of the baseball landscape! We saw a dramatic and touching ...
07/16/2025

And just like that home run derbies are again a featured part of the baseball landscape! We saw a dramatic and touching end to the MLB Home Run Derby Monday night, and last night's MLB All-Star Game was decided by a modified home-run derby in dramatic fashion.

But home run derbies are part of the long and rich tradition of baseball, a tradition lovingly shared by Andy Strasberg in Home Runs: Tales of Tonks, Taters, Contests and Derbies. Baseball’s premier storyteller begins with the story of the most famous HR competition—TV’s Home Run Derby—and focuses on memorable derbies and competitions through the years. Check out Home Runs: Tales of Tonks, Taters, Contests and Derbies here: https://www.augustpublications.com/products/home-runs-tales-of-tonks-taters-contests-and-derbies

It's All-Star Sale time at August Publications! Next week will see two All-Star Games featuring Madison Mallards past an...
07/08/2025

It's All-Star Sale time at August Publications! Next week will see two All-Star Games featuring Madison Mallards past and present: The Major League Baseball All-Star Game from Atlanta and the Northwoods League All-Star Game, hosted by the Mallards at Warner Park.

To mark the occasion, we've lowered the price of Baseball Like It Oughta Be: How a Shoe Salesman’s Madison Mallards and His Renegade Staff Ignited the Summer-Collegiate Baseball Revolution to $14.95, though July 25. Former Mallard Pete Alonso--yes, that's him donning a Madison uni on the book cover--will be a National League reserve, while Mikey Bell--shown here signing for the fans--is on Northwoods League All-Star roster. The All-Star Sale is good through July 25. Check it out at augustpublications.com!

Miss Tom Alesia's appearance on WPR's The Larry Meiller Show yesterday? No worries--you can download the episode or stre...
07/02/2025

Miss Tom Alesia's appearance on WPR's The Larry Meiller Show yesterday? No worries--you can download the episode or stream it! Madison Mallards president Vern Stenman joins Tom and Larry to discuss Baseball Like It Oughta Be: How a Shoe Salesman’s Madison Mallards and His Renegade Staff Ignited the Summer-Collegiate Baseball Revolution. It's a great chat; we'd highly recommend a listen! https://www.wpr.org/shows/larry-meiller-show/the-history-of-the-madison-mallards-wisconsin-disc-golf-janesvilles-water-ski-show-team

06/27/2025

Proud to be part of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum festivities this weekend, as the Kansas City Royals salute the Negro Leagues. Steve Dittmore will be on hand at the museum at 12:30 p.m. to sign Jim Gilliam: The Forgotten Dodgers. Hope to see you there!

For those in the Kansas City area: On Saturday, June 28, you can meet Steve Dittmore at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museu...
06/27/2025

For those in the Kansas City area: On Saturday, June 28, you can meet Steve Dittmore at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, where he'll be signing Jim Gilliam: The Forgotten Dodger at 12:30 p.m. The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is a very appropriate venue for a signing: the museum is a guiding light in the emergence of the Negro Leagues being recognized as an important part of baseball history, and Jim Gilliam: The Forgotten Dodger is a fascinating chronicle of that era. More details here: https://ballparkdigest.com/2025/06/24/signing-alert-steve-dittmore-at-the-negro-leagues-baseball-museum-this-weekend/

06/19/2025

Nice interview from the archives with Andy Strasberg, author of My 1961, on the occasion of the Roger Maris golf tournament and fundraiser in Fargo. After watching this video, check out My 1961 here: https://www.augustpublications.com/products/my-1961

August Publications authors Steve Dittmore and Tom Alesia are making public appearances this weekend, giving you a chanc...
06/19/2025

August Publications authors Steve Dittmore and Tom Alesia are making public appearances this weekend, giving you a chance to snare signed copies of their latest works. Steve will be signing copies of Jim Gilliam: The Forgotten Dodger as part of the Nashville Sounds’ The Nine celebration (6:35 p.m.) on Friday, June 20 at First Horizon Park, while Tom Alesia will be signing Baseball Like It Oughta Be at the Madison Card Show in the Alliant Energy Center Exhibition Hall on Saturday, June 21. Full details here: https://ballparkdigest.com/2025/06/19/meet-authors-tom-alesia-and-steve-dittmore-this-weekend/

Only three more days left on our big, beautiful BOGO sales at August Publications: Buy one and get the second one half-o...
06/13/2025

Only three more days left on our big, beautiful BOGO sales at August Publications: Buy one and get the second one half-off. We've made the sale as simple as possible: no phrases to remember, no fields to fill out. Just place two print titles in your shopping cart and check out--a 50% discount on the least expensive item in the cart.

The combo is up to you. Delight in Jesse Goldberg-Strassler's explorations of sports lingo and jargon, The Baseball Thesaurus and The Football Thesaurus. You could purchase our latest titles--Jim Gilliam: The Forgotten Dodger and Baseball Like It Oughta Be: How a Shoe Salesman’s Madison Mallards and His Renegade Staff Ignited the Summer-Collegiate Baseball Revolution. You could binge on Andy Strasberg's baseball works--My 1961 and Home Runs: Tales of Tonks, Taters, Contests and Derbies. You could prep for the upcoming college football season with Raye of Light: Jimmy Raye, Duffy Daugherty, The Integration of College Football, and the 1965-66 Michigan State Spartans and The Right Thing to Do: The True Pioneers of College Football Integration. Check it all out at www.augustpublications.com !

It's two weeks until Father's Day on June 15, so time to plan a grand celebration. The best gift is the gift of books, a...
06/03/2025

It's two weeks until Father's Day on June 15, so time to plan a grand celebration. The best gift is the gift of books, and as part of the celebration we're offering a BOGO sale across all of our sports books in print versions. No codes, no fuss--just place two books in your shopping cart and automatically see the discount. https://ballparkdigest.com/2025/06/03/its-bogo-sale-time-for-fathers-day/

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August Publications publishes websites and book for active readers, including Ballpark Digest, Spring Training Online, Arena Digest and Yellowstone Insider.