“It Happens Every Spring” with Pulitzer Prize-Winner Ira Berkow

A Pulitzer Prize-winner returns to the Clubhouse…

Opinions and reflections on the National Pastime from one of New York’s most popular sportswriters.

We’ll let these gents have the word…

“It can be stated as a law that the sportswriter whose horizons are no wider than the outfield fences is a bad sportswriter because he has no sense of proportion and no awareness of the real world around him. Ira Berkow knows that what is important about a game is not the score but the people who play it.” -Red Smith

“Ira Berkow belongs to that rare breed: a writer who specializes in sports but whose subjects represent a broad range in human aspirations and challenges.” -Gay Talese

“Ira Berkow is one of the great American writers, without limitation to the field of sports.” -Scott Turow

Join Ira Berkow for our intimate Clubhouse conversation on Wednesday, May 17.

RSVP required to attend.

Autographed and personalized copies of “It Happens Every Spring: DiMaggio, Mays, the Splendid Splinter, and a Lifetime at the Ballpark” will be available for purchase. The author will sign only books purchased in the Clubhouse.

Ira Berkow is a former sports columnist and feature writer for “The New York Times,” where he worked for more than 25 years. He shared the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 2001 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer for commentary in 1988. He is the author of 25 books, including the bestsellers “Maxwell Street: Survival in a Bazaar” and “Red: A Biography of Red Smith.” His work has frequently been cited in the prestigious anthology series Best American Sports Writing, as well as the 1999 anthology Best American Sports Writing of the Century.











When: Wed., May. 17, 2017 at 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: Bergino Baseball Clubhouse
67 E. 11th St.

Price: Free
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A Pulitzer Prize-winner returns to the Clubhouse…

Opinions and reflections on the National Pastime from one of New York’s most popular sportswriters.

We’ll let these gents have the word…

“It can be stated as a law that the sportswriter whose horizons are no wider than the outfield fences is a bad sportswriter because he has no sense of proportion and no awareness of the real world around him. Ira Berkow knows that what is important about a game is not the score but the people who play it.” -Red Smith

“Ira Berkow belongs to that rare breed: a writer who specializes in sports but whose subjects represent a broad range in human aspirations and challenges.” -Gay Talese

“Ira Berkow is one of the great American writers, without limitation to the field of sports.” -Scott Turow

Join Ira Berkow for our intimate Clubhouse conversation on Wednesday, May 17.

RSVP required to attend.

Autographed and personalized copies of “It Happens Every Spring: DiMaggio, Mays, the Splendid Splinter, and a Lifetime at the Ballpark” will be available for purchase. The author will sign only books purchased in the Clubhouse.

Ira Berkow is a former sports columnist and feature writer for “The New York Times,” where he worked for more than 25 years. He shared the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 2001 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer for commentary in 1988. He is the author of 25 books, including the bestsellers “Maxwell Street: Survival in a Bazaar” and “Red: A Biography of Red Smith.” His work has frequently been cited in the prestigious anthology series Best American Sports Writing, as well as the 1999 anthology Best American Sports Writing of the Century.

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