John Miley has compiled the most comprehensive audio account of baseball history in existence—a vast and wildly entertaining assemblage of game tapes from throughout the sport's history. His archive contains classic moments, like the Shot Heard 'round the World, and amazing feats, like Carl Hubbell striking out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, and Joe Cronin—in order—in the 1934 All-Star Game. Narrated by Bob Costas, Baseball Forever! brings you highlights from Miley's collection, with numerous clips available for the first time since their original transmission.
Bestselling author Jason Turbow (The Baseball Codes) mines the archive with Miley himself, taking us to some of baseball's greatest settings—Yankee Stadium, Ebbets Field, Fenway Park—while guided by the game's legendary broadcasters, like Mel Allen, Red Barber, Harry Caray, and Vin Scully. Miley and Turbow have carefully selected an abundance of highlights for Baseball Forever! that is sure to inform, entertain, and appeal to anybody nostalgic for baseball's storied history.
Charles Adams, a former Minneapolis police officer, is the head of team security for the Minnesota Twins. He is also the head coach of the North Minneapolis High School football team. In 2016, the Polars became the first Minneapolis public school to win a state football championship since 1976, while Adams became the first Black coach in the state to turn the trick. Adams spent twenty years with the Minneapolis Police Department, retiring MPD after Minneapolis Public Schools ended its contract with MPD and eliminated his position as a school resource officer. His story has been featured on HBO’s Real Sports, in the New York Times, on National Public Radio, and in Showtime’s four-part miniseries, Boys in Blue. He was a featured speaker at the 2021 Aspen Ideas Institute. He lives just north of Minneapolis. Jason Turbow is the author of the bestselling The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls; Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic, about the Swingin’ A’s of the 1970s, and They Bled Blue, about the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers. He has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Wired, among many publications.
Bob Costas has twice won Emmy Awards and twice been named Sportscaster of the Year. He is currently the host for NFL LIVE and his own late night interview show, "Later with Bob Costas." His broadcast assignments for NBC have included the baseball Game of the Week, the World Series, the All-Star Game, the Olympics, and the Super Bowl.