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Local Writer Charlie Vascellaro pens guide to the game and heads to Little League World Series of Baseball this weekend for book signing. For 12 years, Baltimore-based sports writer Charlie Vascellaro moonlighted as a bartender at Grand Cru in Belvedere Square Market, where local illustrator Kevin O’Malley could often be found doodling and hanging out. They struck up a friendship, learned they shared a passion for baseball, and decided to pool their talents to produce a product that would help re-ignite the same spirit of the game in today’s youth. The result? At the Ballpark: A Fan’s Companion, published in August 2015. Years ago, such a baseball guidebook wouldn’t have been necessary. Kids used to collect, trade, and cherish baseball cards. Memorize baseball statistics. Root for their favorite Major League team religiously. Vascellaro recalls his own love of baseball as a kid. “I grew up on Long Island, and there were lots… Read More
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Local Writer Charlie Vascellaro pens guide to the game and heads to Little League World Series of Baseball this weekend for book signing. For 12 years, Baltimore-based sports writer Charlie Vascellaro moonlighted as a bartender at Grand Cru in Belvedere Square Market, where local illustrator Kevin O’Malley could often be found doodling and hanging out. They struck up a friendship, learned they shared a passion for baseball, and decided to pool their talents to produce a product that would help re-ignite the same spirit of the game in today’s youth. The result? At the Ballpark: A Fan’s Companion, published in August 2015. Years ago, such a baseball guidebook wouldn’t have been necessary. Kids used to collect, trade, and cherish baseball cards. Memorize baseball statistics. Root for their favorite Major League team religiously. Vascellaro recalls his own love of baseball as a kid. “I grew up on Long Island, and there were lots… Read More
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