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Today is the last day of the Northwoods League regular season, and the Madison Mallards are fighting for a playoff spot....
08/09/2025

Today is the last day of the Northwoods League regular season, and the Madison Mallards are fighting for a playoff spot. Read how the team came to this point in BaseballLike It Oughta Be, Tom Alesia's history of the first 25 years of the team. From augustpublications.com!

It's National Book Lovers Day! Celebrate with a book or two or four from August Publications. For the entire month of Au...
08/09/2025

It's National Book Lovers Day! Celebrate with a book or two or four from August Publications. For the entire month of August, we're offering this Buy One, Get One half-off sale covering our August Publications print titles. No discount codes, no magic incantations needed: Just place two print titles in your shopping cart at augustpublications.com and we'll automatically take 50 percent off the lower-priced title. (Sorry, our spring training guides are not part of this sale.) Check out the titles at augustpublications.com!

Now available for pre-order: The Complete Guide to Spring Training 2026 / Florida! Yes, friends, it's time to plan for s...
08/06/2025

Now available for pre-order: The Complete Guide to Spring Training 2026 / Florida! Yes, friends, it's time to plan for spring training, and we're here to help with a latest edition of our best-selling annual guide. We expect to ship the paperback edition on or before September 1. We know many of you are eager to begin your spring training planning. That's why we're offering you this preorder special: Buy the paperback edition and we'll throw in a free Kindle eBook download! No codes, no magic incantations: you'll automatically receive an email with download information. We update the eBook editions as more information, such as schedules and venue specifics, is released. You'll receive notifications of free updates as they are issued. This update offer and free downloads apply only to eBooks purchased directly from August Publications. More details here: https://www.augustpublications.com/products/the-complete-guide-to-spring-training-2026-florida

The Madison Hatters (Mad Hatters, get it?) was a one-year wonder in Madison after the departure of the Muskies to Grand ...
08/02/2025

The Madison Hatters (Mad Hatters, get it?) was a one-year wonder in Madison after the departure of the Muskies to Grand Rapids. The Hatters would eventually end up in Battle Creek after a 1994 season with miserable attendance and a poor record. In Baseball Like It Oughta Be, Tom Alesia details the history of Madison baseball and how the Madison Mallards, celebrating their 25th season, broke the curse of failed Madison teams. (Tonight is Mad Hatters night at Warner Park, by the way) Check out Baseball Like It Oughta Be here: https://www.augustpublications.com/products/baseball-like-it-oughta-be

It's BAAAAACK--August in August! Time for our biggest BOGO sale ever: Buy One, Get One half off! For the entire month of...
08/01/2025

It's BAAAAACK--August in August! Time for our biggest BOGO sale ever: Buy One, Get One half off! For the entire month of August, we're offering this BOGO sale covering our print titles. That includes baseball titles like Jim Gilliam: The Forgotten Dodger, Baseball Like It Oughta Be, The Baseball Thesaurus, My 1961, and Home Runs: Tales of Tonks, Taters, Contests and Derbies. No discount codes, no magic incantations needed: Just place two print titles in your shopping cart at augustpublications.com and we'll automatically take 50 percent off the lower-priced title. Available only on the augustpublications.com book site!

Sending out a contract for a 2027 baseball history title. Pretty excited about this one.
07/30/2025

Sending out a contract for a 2027 baseball history title. Pretty excited about this one.

Check out this interview with Steve Dittmore, author of Jim Gilliam: The Forgotten Dodger, and Bill Donohue on SportsTal...
07/24/2025

Check out this interview with Steve Dittmore, author of Jim Gilliam: The Forgotten Dodger, and Bill Donohue on SportsTalk New York! The pair discuss the life and accomplishments of "Junior" Gilliam, a pivotal yet underappreciated figure in Dodgers history, who played an integral role in seven World Series and earned four championship rings. Dittmore articulates the reasons behind Gilliam's obscurity in baseball history, despite his significant contributions and statistical prominence. Listen here: https://www.sportstalkny.com/episode/baseball-authors-stephen-dittmore-marshall-garvey

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!

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