Players Interviewed

Hall of Fame Stories

I had the pleasure of interviewing 36 former professional baseball players for this project. These players told me many fantastic stories of their childhood growing up playing youth baseball and even some stories from their professional careers. The stories you will read are the player’s stories, taken directly from our recorded interviews. Players covered topics ranging from family support, game memories, coaches, pick-up games, baseball cards, equipment, their baseball heroes, nicknames, and much more.

Just Like Me: When the Pros Played on the Sandlot is a series of two books. The players I interviewed played in the Major Leagues, Minor Leagues, Negro Leagues, and the All American Girls Professional Baseball League.

BOOK ONE

Boog Powell — MLB
Phil Roof — MLB
Hawk Taylor — MLB
Jim Hickman — MLB
Bill Greason — NLB
Lois Youngen — AAGPBL
Katie Horstman — AAGPBL
Jim Kaat — MLB
Lou Piniella — MLB
Jim Zapp — NLB
Lou Whitaker — MLB
Steve Blass — MLB
Whitey Herzog — MLB
Doug Flynn — MLB
Fergie Jenkins — MLB
Willie Blair — MLB
Willie Horton — MLB
Charlie Loyd — MiLB