Ohio native and author of Veracruz Blues (1996), author Mark Winegarnder turns 49 today. Veracruz Blues is often included in lists of the best written baseball novels. Winegardner did his homework on this one in fictionalizing the Mexican Baseball League's attempt to lure American players south shortly after World War II.
His other baseball works include a couple of non-fiction titles: Prophet of the Sandlot (1990), about Major League scout Tony Lucadello's last season, and The 26th Man (1991), co-authored with, and about, minor league journeyman Steve Fireovid.In addition to numerous short stories and articles, Winegarnder is also the author of several other non-baseball novels, including Crooked River Burning (2001) and The Godfather Returns (2004). Winegardner is on the faculty at Florida State.
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