Richard Pennington (리처드 패닝턴)

• The Los Angeles Dodgers: 500 Fascinating Facts

  

  The Detroit Tigers book and this one were written in essentially the same time and place—2008 in Daegu, Korea. To be honest, I do not remember which one I began first. But I know I went back and forth. I was determined to finish both projects.

  I rather enjoyed the point-counterpoint of the Tigers’ Ty Cobb and the Brooklyn Dodgers’ Jackie Robinson. Both were born in Georgia, although Robinson grew up in southern California. Cobb, a European American, played center field from 1905 to 1926 in… read on

• The Chicago Cubs: 500 Fascinating Facts

  

  This book, my 17th, was begun in Daegu in the fall of 2008 but not completed and published until April 2010. I got about 1/5 of the way through it before my move to Seoul, by which time I was immersed in such a different life and setting that I found it hard to focus and write. What prompted me to return to this project, knowing that so much extra work awaited me? Surely I could have devoted my time and energy in ways more profitable. On the other hand, my job paid well enough that I could so… read on

• The Kansas City Chiefs: 500 Fascinating Facts

  

  I can trace the beginnings of this book back to the days when I was living in the USA and doing the Trivia Teasers series for Big Earth. The Wisconsin Idiots had decreed that I was to write about the Kansas City Chiefs, along with another sports franchise. Once I ended that business relationship, I figured why the heck not write about the Chiefs? Furthermore, I had some connection to this team whose life started in 1960 as the Dallas Texans. I recall being a 10-year-old, blond-headed boy… read on

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