For the August meeting, the Hornsby Chapter shifts to Zoom to welcome a book author who’ll tell us about an American baseball pitcher who chased his baseball dream to Japan before debuting for the Texas Rangers.
Join us at 1 p.m. (Central Time) Saturday, Aug. 10, when award-winning sports writer, editor and multimedia journalist Aaron Fischman talks about his book, “A Baseball Gaijin: Chasing a Dream to Japan and Back.”
Published in June 2024 by Sports Publishing, Fischman’s first book tells the story of Tony Barnette, an Arizona State pitcher drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2006. After working his way up the D-backs’ farm system, he took a lucrative offer to pitch for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. Later, he returned to the States, pitching for the Texas Rangers and Chicago Cubs (2016-19).
Check out Fischman’s website to find out more about the author.
To register for the Zoom meeting, please go to this link: https://txstate.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsduqgqT8sEtUHOS5NVQEG4h87PhnraBlJ
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