Easily, without question, I got far more out of writing “Chief Bender’s Burden” than anyone will ever get from reading it. And the book only exists because I worked with an editor of rare patience, because I share my life with a woman of incomparable understanding, and because I belong to the Society for [...]
Strib books editor Laurie Hertzel kindly mentioned the award in her column on Sunday.
I didn’t personally thank those of you who commented on the previous post (about news of the award) but please don’t take my silence personally. I am sincerely grateful for your kind words and your congratulations. One thing I’ve found is that winning such an award makes me think — again — of how much [...]
I have had a week to assemble the right words for this post but unfortunately I have come to realize that time is not my biggest obstacle. It’s not possible to adequately articulate my reaction to word that I have been named the recipient of the 2009 Seymour Medal. In fact, the only salient comment [...]
How flattering to have my name mentioned in the same sentence as Larry Ritter’s.
My thanks to Bev Hermes, who alerted me to news that Charles Bender will appear in the center of one of the murals that will adorn Target Field and the transit station across from the Minnesota Twins’ new open-air ballpark.
"You get to decide what has meaning and what doesn't. You get to decide what to worship."
-David Foster Wallace
Chief Bender's Burden won the 2009 Seymour Medal, which recognizes the year's best work of baseball history.
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