After the BJ Alums article by Tom Moore about Stuart Warner's book-signing for his "Jock" appeared, we got this email from Roger Snell, another BJ alum who wrote "Root for the Cubs," which disputes that Babe Ruth actually called the home run shot against Charlie Root, as legend has it.
Here's Roger's email:
I enjoy following your blog and the story of the BJ alums. I got to see Stuart down here for a Lexington book-signing last month. I introduced him to the same publisher who launched my book.
With Regina (Brett), Stuart and me, that's three ex-BJ'ers with books out in the same year. There is life after the newsroom.
Enjoyed your recent updates about Bob Paynter and Keith McKnight, too.
Seeing the photo of Charlene Nevada at Stuart's signing up North just brings a big smile to my face after all these years. Those old days were times filled with so much laughter and so much incredible talent. Such a shame what has happened to newspapers and investigative reporting.
More details on my shameless self-plugging at
www.rootforthecubs.com
Thanks for keeping all the gang united, no matter how far away we've all spread.
Roger Snell
"Down here" for Roger is Frankfurt, in Kentucky, the state where Stuart once lived and worked at the Lexington Herald.
Snell, 51, lives in Frankfort with wife Linda and daughters Rachel and Hannah and administers a marketing program called Kentucky Proud that helps farmers transition away from tobacco and find retail markets for alternative crops such as fruits, vegetables and more.
Snell won a number of awards throughout his 18-year newspaper career, including the Silver Gavel, the American Bar Association’s top national journalism award, in 1992 for his investigation of ethical abuses on the Ohio Supreme Court. The Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers named Snell the Ohio Reporter of the Year in 1992 and 1993.
Click on the headline for a photo of Snell and another of the cover of his "Root for the Cubs" book.
1 comment:
If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many votes is it worth?
That's what hit me when I saw the big space-filling photo on Page One of the Beacon Journal with the name of a candidate for office standing out on the photo of a car? Why run a photo at all —- or at least run a generic one.
The story did mention other auto dealers but my thoughts immediately went to something I read about Ganley auto group where the old man is running for Congress. That group is a big advertiser in both the BJ and the Plain Dealer.
My long-time friend and colleague, Abe Zaiden, had some thoughts about it(see his website Grumpy Abe).
I’m sure the image of that emblem on the front of the car pictured will stay with a lot of people and when it comes to a choice they’ll probably remember the name “Ganley” and vote for it because it’s so familiar.
I know we old-times are always looking back on the old days, and you’re right.
That would not have happened under some of the past editors and sub editors. They recognized what it would look like.
As I said, a picture is worth a thousand words . . .
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