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Pro Football Draft Preview 2013 Now Available
For the third consecutive year, Brian Carriveau is the editor of Pro Football... read more
It’s Just a Game
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Pro Football Draft Preview
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MSP 2011 Packers Annual
Following up on a Super Bowl victory in 2010, the Packers enter 2011 set to... read more
MSP 2011 Brewers Annual
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Tag Archives: Home Talent League
Gantner, Carriveau Book Signing at HTL All-Star Game
Former Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Jim Gantner and author Brian Carriveau will team up for a book signing at the Home Talent League All-Star Game on Friday Aug. 3 at Warner Park in Madison. Gantner and Carriveau will be signing copies of It’s Just a Game: Big League Drama in Small Town America about Wisconsin’s Home Talent League released earlier this year. Books will be available for $20 and will include autographs. Pictures with Gantner will be free. A portion of …
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Home Talent League Alum Eyes Up the NFL
There’s plenty of notable players who cut their teeth in Wisconsin’s Home Talent League before reaching Major League baseball. Perhaps most famous is Cazenovia’s Ryne Duren, a three-time all-star with the New York Yankees who led the American League in saves in 1958 and won a World Series the same season. There was Black Earth’s Gene Brabender who won a World Series as a pitcher with the Baltimore Orioles in 1966. Richland Center’s Vern Geishert is notable for being part …
Home Talent League Map
I’m excited to unveil the artwork I had commissioned that will be appearing in It’s Just a Game this spring… The artwork was designed by Alma Stanley, a graphic designer in the Chicagoland area. Click the map to see an enlarged version. Tweet
Appearance, Pre-Sales to Take Place at Fort Atkinson Banquet
Brian Carriveau will be speaking at the Fort Atkinson Generals’ annual baseball banquet on Saturday January 21 to talk about It’s Just a Game and take pre-sales for the book that’s coming out this spring. Cocktails start at 5 p.m. with dinner, awards and book talk to follow. If you’re interested in having Brian speak about It’s Just a Game or the Packers at your banquet or organizational outing, contact him directly at carriveau@uwalumni.com. Tweet