As many Brookline folks may know, my first book, “Last Comiskey”, was released on Eckhartz Press in May, 2024. The book is about the final season of the Chicago White Sox ballpark, which was the oldest standing ballpark in the world for many years and the Pale Hose’ home from 1910-1990. Based on the 2023 documentary of the same name, the book includes over 400 of my photographs of the ballpark along with multiple chapters featuring my personal essays. While the book is based on a particular ballpark, it would be of interest to baseball and sports fans in general given the historical significance of the former “Baseball Palace of the World”. Comiskey Park was a contemporary of Fenway Park and reminds Bostonians of what could be lost if Fenway's history is not preserved.
Please join us at the Abbey Restaurant & Bar at 1657 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA on Monday, July 15, 2024 from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm for our Boston-area book launch event. While the book is about events taking place in Chicago, it was written in Brookline. The “Last Comiskey” book and ballpark merch from Comiskey Park and Fenway Park will be available.
For more information about the book, please check out my blog post about our Chicago-area book launch here:https://www.stadiumvagabond.com/post/if-you-publish-it-they-will-come-the-launch-of-last-comiskey
Feel free to pass along this invitation to anyone who may be interested.
Best,
Ken Smoller
@stadiumvagabond
