Book Nook: The Rookie Fights Back, by Burgess Leonard

This book is old enough I could not find a single online Blurb to copy and paste here. In fact, I couldn’t even find another review. Written in 1954 by Burgess Leonard, The Rookie Fights Back was the first book I loved. I remember finding this book at a garage sale when I was a kid. Pretty sure I paid a quarter for it. I quickly read it. This was fifth grade at the latest. I only remember that because I was still in Clay City at the time and we moved to Flora before I started sixth grade. This … Continue reading Book Nook: The Rookie Fights Back, by Burgess Leonard

Where Chicago, We go.

As a kid, I never visited Chicago, despite living just four hours away. Other than an airport layover, I don’t remember going to Chicago until a job interview after college. Even still, it wasn’t until the last few years I have learned how to truly partake the town. So for the second straight summer, a group of friends made the trip north, enjoying good food, great beer and for the first time in my life, some baseball at Wrigley. Of course, before we got to the brewery hopping and fine dining, we had to start with Chicago’s favorite hot dog … Continue reading Where Chicago, We go.