Congratulations to Beerleaguer reader, kdon, for posting comment No. 5,000 in the last thread.
Kdon will receive a heavily used mass market copy of "Summer of '49" by David Halberstam, which was purchased at a book sale for 25 cents and read over my trip to the Dominican Republic last January. Kindly forward your mailing address via e-mail, and I will send you the book on Monday. If you've already read it, or don't want it, I'll find some other home for it. Thanks to kdon, and everyone, for their part in making this Web site thrive.
Hey, thanks man, but wait till to you hear what I have to say about Stengel's bullen usage...man the guy was terrible, never made a switch mid-inning! ;)
Halberstam is kind of a hack, but I love baseball history, and I love Beerleaguer, so I feel fortunate.
Posted by: kdon | Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 12:46 AM
Oh, and I'm drunk so I have no idea how I should contact you Jason. I hope you had that thing cleansed in customs. If you need recompense, I have a well marked up copy of some old Roger Agnell I can trade. Damn, this isn't very "dignified," but Bobby and Pat the Bat rule!!!
Posted by: kdon | Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 12:56 AM
Way at the bottom of the right sidebar there is a link to my email kdon.
Posted by: J. Weitzel | Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 05:40 AM
Congrats kdon, I aspire to be you. But no, seriously, 5000 posts is a butt-load!
Posted by: Carson Book | Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 06:31 AM
Great book. Even better was the sort of sequel "Teammates".
Posted by: Tom G | Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 09:00 AM
Kdon's email address for the free book is uh, well ummm. thatdudefromphilly@yahoo.com lol j/k sike, congrats Kdon.
Posted by: That Dude | Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 10:04 AM
Great book. I have a copy and it is well worn. congrats kdon.
Posted by: Bonedaddy | Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 12:21 PM