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Mike Shannon is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine(www.spitballmag.com), established in 1981, which publishes the best in baseball poetry and short fiction and sponsors the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year. Mike is the author of 18 baseball books, including the forthcoming (Spring 2015) Cincinnati Reds Legends. A graduate of Bishop Kenny High School (Jacksonville, FL), N.C. Wesleyan College, and Xavier University, Mike lives in Cincinnati, OH with his wife, the beautiful Kathleen Dermody Shannon, and their five grown children: Meg, Casey, Mickey, Babe, and Nolan Ryan. He also edits Helmar Magazine and Minor Trips and writes a monthly column on baseball collectibles for Reds Report. He has covered the Hall of Fame Inductions in Cooperstown, NY, every year since 1986 with his best buddy, baseball writer Mark Schraf. Mike has never met a baseball fan he didn't like!
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