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Yacht Broker | Former MLB Pitcher and Outfielder | Florida and Missouri Sports Hall of Fame | Author of NYT Best seller #ThePhenomenon | Husband | Father
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Bookshelf: Batter up with these baseball books

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By Steve Kluger, Matt Christopher, Diane Adams, Rick Ankiel
| Omaha World-Herald Verified
'Last Days of Summer' by Steve Kluger Joey Margolis is the neighborhood punching bag, growing up goofy and mostly fatherless in Brooklyn in the early 1940s. A boy looking for a hero, Joey decides to latch on to Charlie Banks, the all-star third basemen for the New York Giants. But Joey's chosen champion doesn't exactly welcome the extreme attention of a persistent young fan with an overactive imagination. Then again, this strange, needy kid might be exactly what Banks needs.
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Letter to My Younger Self

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By Rick Ankiel
| The Players' Tribune Verified
Dear nine-year-old Rick: Before you sprint out to the mound for this Little League game, I want you to do a few things for me. Two favors, basically. The first one’s pretty simple. I just want you to take a moment and check out that word written in script lettering across the front of your uniform. It says.… CARDINALS Now, I get that this word doesn’t really mean anything to you right now. But take pride in it — in being a Cardinal. Just trust me here. You’ll understand why by the end of this letter.
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Letter to My Younger Self

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By Rick Ankiel
| The Players' Tribune Verified
Dear nine-year-old Rick: Before you sprint out to the mound for this Little League game, I want you to do a few things for me. Two favors, basically. The first one’s pretty simple. I just want you to take a moment and check out that word written in script lettering across the front of your uniform. It says … Now, I get that this word doesn’t really mean anything to you right now. But take pride in it — in being a Cardinal. Just trust me here. You’ll understand why by the end of this letter.
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