The Bookshelf Conversation: Walter Friedman

There are a handful of publishing houses that are known for their baseball titles. A few that come to mind immediately are Triumph, University of Nebraska Press, and McFarland. But none of these are exclusively engaged in baseball.

Summer Game Books, a New Jersey enterprise founded by Walter Friedman, is such an outfit. In addition to bringing back some old favorites from established writers such as Peter Golenbock, Charles Alexander, and Neal Karlen, Summer Game Books gives a voice to new authors like 16-year-old Matt Nadel, who recently released his baseball history written for his contemporaries in an attempt to reinvigorate the game for young fans.

I spoke with Freidman recently about the challenges of starting up such a project.

The Bookshelf Conversation: Walter Friedman