Negro League Baseball: The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution
by Neil Lanctot : University of Pennsylvania Press
"The rise of black baseball with focus placed on the economics rather than the feats of the players."
The Seymour Medal honors the best book of baseball history or biography published in the previous year. William Marshallwas awarded the medal in 2000. His book was 'Baseball's Pivotal Era: 1945-1951'.
The Seymour Medal honors the best book of baseball history or biography published in the previous year. David W. Zang was awarded the medal in 1996. His book was 'Fleet Walker's Divided Heart'.
Philip Seymour Hoffman received 4 Academy Award nominations. He won one for Best Actor for the film Capote in 2005.
In 2001, the Seymour Medal Award was won by author John Taliaferro for his biography "Charles M. Russell: The Life and Legend of America's Cowboy Artist."
"Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata was nominated for the Newbery Medal in 2005 and went on to win the award that year.
Baseball Before We Knew It by David Block "An amazing journey through time to discover the true evolution of our modern pastime."
No. He was nominated twice: Best Original Screenplay of 1969 (with Peter Fonda and Terry Southern) for "Easy Rider"; and Best Supporting Actor of 1986 for his performance as Wilbur "Shooter" Flatch in "Hoosiers."
Bob Dylan won a 2011 Presidential Medal of Freedom award.
Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan by Peter Morris : University of Michigan Press "A well-researched study of Michigan baseball from the 1830s to the 1870s."
The Detroit Tigers: Club and Community, 1945-95 by Patrick Harrigan : University of Toronto Press "Shows how the club evolved as an integral part of the city."
Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata won the 2005 Newbery Medal.
Philip Seymour Hoffman received five Golden Globe Award nominations and won one.