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Q : Your newest book , Jim Kaat : Good as Gold : My Eight Decades in Baseball , was recently released in April 2022 . What can people expect from the new book , and how is it different from your first book , Still Pitching ?
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A : I think that Still Pitching was really a book about my background , my childhood and my career . This book will have highlights from each of the eight decades of my career – from the late 1950s to the early 2020s . It ’ s not like I played for eight full decades , but I do have memories from the 1950s up to when I was still regularly broadcasting in 2020 , and I ’ ll still be broadcasting during a few games this year . Near the end of the book , I have some thoughts on what I wish the game would get back to - in terms of how it ’ s played . I think that baseball has become like a science project , and sports psychologists and analytics have come to dominate the game . While some of that information is helpful , I think that the scientific stuff belongs in the office in terms of player evaluation and not out on the field . There ’ s a lot to be excited about with baseball today , and there are a lot of young and talented players that stand out . I like to think that if you let the players play and use their talent with freedom and unbridled passion , that ’ s what makes the game great .
Q : During your years as a sportscaster , you also began to travel to Vermont and bought a house here in Manchester . How did you first make your way to the Green Mountain State ?
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A : I first came to Vermont years ago . I would travel here with my late wife , MaryAnn , in our motorhome during the fall after the baseball season ended .
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