Jerry Grillo
@fourcrickets.bsky.social
Husband, father, son, brother, friend, citizen, alphabet engineer, a work in progress just like you; Georgia Author of the Year finalist (2021, for "The Music and Mythocracy of Col. Bruce Hampton"), author of "Big Cat" (2024).
Thank you, Jason Cannon and @nine-on-9.bsky.social for this awesome review! Proud to be included among so many excellent books.
Elizabeth (Liz) Shick@lizshick.bsky.social · last yr.Thank you @brendahorrigan.bsky.social & @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social for the amazing review & @univnebpress.bsky.social for sharing alongside these fine books❤️ @janellebassett.bsky.social @ichinoy.bsky.social @evamaggi.bsky.social @tim-manners.bsky.social @fourcrickets.bsky.social @rhemley.bsky.social
Thank you to Dr. Paul Semendinger for this fine interview in Start Spreading the News. We managed to squeeze a lot of interesting stuff into a relatively small space. Check it out here: www.startspreadingthenews.blog/post/sstn-in... @univnebpress.bsky.social @baseballhistorynut.bsky.social
SSTN Interviews Jerry Grillo
Today we bring my interview with author Jerry Grillo.
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Grateful!
University of Nebraska Press@univnebpress.bsky.social · 2y ago"Crafting an entertaining, in-depth biography about a talkative and transparent subject is complex. . . . veteran scribe @fourcrickets.bsky.social accomplishes the job with aplomb in BIG CAT," writes Jason Cannon for @nine-on-9.bsky.social bit.ly/3ES2IVA
This was so much fun, talking with Paul Semendinger on his great podcast about "Big Cat" Johnny Mize. Please check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRj2... @univnebpress.bsky.social #baseballhistory @bballhist.bsky.social
The Dr. Sem Yankees (and book) Show
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Don't miss the 20th Annual Dahlonega Literary Festival, tomorrow! Come visit me and you'll walk away with a baseball card. If you love to read, you'll love this event. See you there! www.literaryfestival.org #booksigningevent #booksigning #northeastgeorgia #LiteraryEvent
Spring Training 1935: Johnny Mize was a temporary Red. He hit some monster blasts, but the Reds sent him back to the Cards before Opening Day as damaged goods. The rest is history. Read it in "Big Cat." @univnebpress.bsky.social @bballhist.bsky.social @baseballhall.org @twibhistory.bsky.social #Reds
Had a fabulous time talking about "Big Cat" and Johnny Mize on the best sports history podcast around, Good Seats Still Available (@goodseatsstillavailable.com). Check it out wherever you listen to podcasts, or right here: goodseatsstillavailable.com/listen/2025/...
EPISODE 379: Baseball's "Big Cat" - With Jerry Grillo — Good Seats Still Available
We throw another Duraflame into the hot stove this week for a look back at the sterling, but oddly overlooked career of one of baseball’s greatest "golden age" hitters. Biographer Jerry Grill...
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Erik the Red discovered Greenland using 10th century technology. The dottering Orange Shitgibbon can barely find it on a 21st century map. That helps explain why his shambling army of dumbfuck walking dead supporters are hopelessly lost.
Thanks to everyone supporting this project. Really excited to see this happen. vimeo.com/1043438512/9...
"Happy Birthday, Johnny Mize" Doc Teaser
Thanks to everyone supporting this project and crowdfunder at https://igg.me/at/ga-stories/x/16736323#/
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BIG CAT makes the perfect last minute gift. If you order it today from this place (www.amazon.com/Big-Cat-Base...), Santa will deliver it before Christmas Eve! And you can get it for 44% off the hardcover price. Give one of the Best Baseball Books of 2024 (according to Sports Collectors Digest)!
I asked Col. Bruce Hampton to describe Leftover Salmon (the band, not the meal) in two words and he said, "Zambi incarnate." He was right on. Author Tim Newby totally captures the band in this classic, which belongs on the bookshelf of every music lover. Get it here: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538...!
During a Zoom meeting, be sure to nod occasionally while taking notes, so as to appear "engaged." And if someone later asks to borrow your notes, simply tell them, "oh, those were just for me, you know, for context," or even better, "I'm not your personal stenographer, take your own damn notes."
Publishers' holiday sale! 50% off both of my books. For the Col. Bruce bio (A Georgia Author of Year finalist): Use this code 08HLDY24 at bit.ly/3V1kOcC For "Big Cat" (bio of baseball hero Johnny Mize), use this code: 6HLW24, here: bit.ly/468WN7f
Best review I can possibly receive for "Big Cat" comes from the son of Big Cat, Jim Mize. Here he is with a copy of the book with filmmaker Hal Jacobs (who is making a documentary based on the book). @univnebpress.bsky.social @bballhist.bsky.social @baseballhall.bsky.social
Stuck in a depressing, dead end job that you hate with an old-fashioned, shitty briefcase? Turn your life around and take flight! The possibilities are finite! (Disclaimer: Metal claws, talons, bat wings, briefcase, and badly drawn incongruous rocket sold separately).
How do you provide a fundamental human need while making an intimate personal connection with someone? How do you feed a person with a G-tube? It's really not that complicated. Joe agreed to help show you how:
Transition Tuesdays (special edition w/ Jerry and Joe): G-Tube Feeding or How to Handle a Hungry Man
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UGA Press is offering my first book for 50% off (Ga. Author of the Year finalist)! I was there when Bruce took off for the cosmos from his spot on the Fox Theatre stage (one of the many amazing stories in this book). Use code 08HLDY24 and order it from UGA Press here: bit.ly/3V1kOcC
The Music and Mythocracy of Col. Bruce Hampton
Col. Bruce Hampton was a charismatic musical figure who launched and continued to influence the jam band genre over his fifty-plus years performing. Part ban...
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Something I wrote about a man on the trail. This is about first impressions and how they can sometimes be wrong. Really, it's about so much, and it's remarkably short. Sometimes I get it right. This is one of those times, I think: jerrygrillowriter.com/2024/11/09/1...
A Man on the Trail
This picture was taken on the Helen to Hardman Heritage Trail about five years ago, before Joe had a beard. This has become our favorite local trail, because of its accessibility and beauty — a lov…
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Someone told me that your book will do well if the right people like it.
Get "Big Cat," the true life adventure of baseball legend Johnny Mize, for 50% off through Dec. 31. Makes a great stocking (or first baseman's mitt) stuffer! Use this code: 6HLW24 when you order it here: bit.ly/468WN7f @oldbaseballnews.bsky.social @bballhist.bsky.social @baseballhall.bsky.social
My brilliant and hilarious 93-year-old mother this morning: "Did you hear that Trump has a new first lady? Elon Musk."
Heard any good books lately? Let me suggest "Big Cat," which just made its audiobook debut. Now you can get the beautiful hardcover edition, or the audio version, which you can listen to on your smoking break. It's the true life baseball adventure story of Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Mize.
