{"id":3000,"date":"2019-04-08T15:16:53","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T15:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/?p=3000"},"modified":"2019-04-08T15:16:53","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T15:16:53","slug":"tonights-starting-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/2019\/04\/08\/tonights-starting-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonight&#8217;s Starting Lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/04\/yeager.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3001\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/04\/yeager.jpg?resize=245%2C368\" alt=\"Second Monday author series poster featuring outline of a ball player as a map.\" width=\"245\" height=\"368\" \/><\/a>Tonight at the Ross Pendergraft Library, join us at 7:00 PM in RPL300B for a special guest speaker, Jim Yeager who will talk about his book<em>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Backroads-Ballplayers-Collection-Professional-Baseball\/dp\/1723903892\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Backroads and Ballplayers: A Collection of Stories About Famous (and Not So Famous) Professional Baseball Players from Rural Arkansas.<\/a><\/strong><\/em> All are welcome!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arkansasonline.com\/news\/2018\/nov\/04\/baseball-on-the-backroads-20181104\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Backroads and Ballplayers<\/a><\/em><\/strong> recalls the paths that more than 50 Arkansans took in pursuit of their dreams to play professional baseball,\u00a0including individuals from the River Valley area, the mountains of North Arkansas, and the Delta farmland.<\/p>\n<p>Assisted by various members of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sabr.org\/chapters\/robinson-kell-chapter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robinson-Kell Chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research<\/a><\/strong>, these stories of rural Arkansas baseball during the first half of the twentieth century recounts \u201cArkansas\u2019 Fields of Dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arkansastechnews.com\/community\/yeager-to-speak-about-baseball-in-arkansas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3004 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/04\/yeater2.jpg?resize=161%2C194\" alt=\"Picture of Jim Yeager, holding his book\" width=\"161\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a>Yeager is retired from an education career that spanned more than 40 years and included service as a coach, teacher, guidance counselor and educational technology specialist. He was the first coach during the intercollegiate era of women\u2019s basketball at Arkansas Tech and established the Golden Suns\u2019 winning tradition by guiding them to four consecutive conference championships from 1979-82.<\/p>\n<p>This presentation is part of our Author\u2019s Second Monday Series featuring the works of our local writers and researchers.\u00a0 You can stay up to date on the series and all library events by following us on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/arkansastechlibrary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATULibrary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter,<\/a><\/strong> or <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/atulibrary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 \u00a0For more questions or information about the Second Monday Author Series, contact <strong><a href=\"mailto:lheffley@atu.edu\">Luke Heffley<\/a><\/strong> at <strong><a href=\"tel:+1-479-964-0546\">(479) 964-0546<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Backroads-Ballplayers-Collection-Professional-Baseball\/dp\/1723903892\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3007 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/04\/yeager3.jpg?resize=468%2C616\" alt=\"Cover of book, featuring a black and white picture of rural baseball players from mid-20th century\" width=\"468\" height=\"616\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight at the Ross Pendergraft Library, join us at 7:00 PM in RPL300B for a special guest speaker, Jim Yeager who will talk about his book: Backroads and Ballplayers: A Collection of Stories About Famous (and Not So Famous) Professional Baseball Players from Rural Arkansas. 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