{"id":229679,"date":"2026-05-13T07:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T07:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/229679\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T07:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T07:16:10","slug":"brooklyn-ny-author-publishes-sports-history-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/229679\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn, NY Author Publishes Sports History Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"image nofollow noopener\" class=\"image_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/media.prleap.com\/image\/109791\/full\/Greenburg_Featured_Cover.png\" title=\" &lt;br \/ &gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/media.prleap.com\/image\/109791\/full\/Greenburg_Featured_Cover.png&quot;&gt;Download Full Size Image&lt;\/a&gt;\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Greenburg_Featured_Cover.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t &#8220;Whiz Kids to Today: Baseball Card History of the Fightin Phils,&#8221; a new book by Arthur Greenburg, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc.<\/p>\n<p>For generations of baseball fans, the history of their favorite team is more than just box scores and win-loss records; it&#8217;s the tangible, nostalgic feel of a rookie card and the colorful action shots of legendary players. In his new book, &#8220;Whiz Kids to Today: Baseball Card History of the Fightin Phils,&#8221; sports historian Arthur Greenburg offers a comprehensive, visually-driven journey through the storied franchise of the Philadelphia Phillies.<\/p>\n<p>Spanning from the team&#8217;s formal inception in 1883 through the modern era, Greenburg&#8217;s work provides a meticulous, colorful panorama of the team&#8217;s evolution. The book serves as both a statistical archive and a visual tribute, documenting every winning season and the star-studded rosters that defined them, from the 1915 Pennant winners led by Grover Alexander to the legendary &#8220;Whiz Kids&#8221; of 1950, and through the powerhouse championship teams of 1980 and 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights of the book include the baseball card connection, which is a unique visual history featuring cards of Phillies legends like Mike Schmidt, Robin Roberts, Cole Hamels, and Richie Ashburn. A detailed season-by-season breakdown of winning teams, including player rosters, batting leaders, and pitching milestones. historical deep dive, dedicated sections on the &#8220;Dead Ball&#8221; and &#8220;Modern&#8221; eras, providing context on how the game, and its stars, have changed over 140 years. Reflections from Greenburg, a lifelong fan who witnessed the dramatic 1950 pennant-clinching home run by Dick Sisler, an event that sparked his lifelong devotion to the &#8220;Red &amp; White.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Being a sports historian, Greenburg has a keen appreciation for the deeds of the participants. He hopes all Phillies fans find this book as entertaining and informative as he did in its preparation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whiz Kids to Today: Baseball Card History of the Fightin Phils&#8221; is a 324-page paperback with a retail price of $98.00 (eBook $93.00). The ISBN is 979-8-89978-483-5. Published by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For members of the press, to request a review copy or author interview, please visit <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bookstore.dorrancepublishing.com\/pages\/media-requests\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bookstore.dorrancepublishing.com\/pages\/media-requests<\/a> or to buy the book, visit our online bookstore at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bookstore.dorrancepublishing.com\/products\/whiz-kids-to-today-baseball-card-history-of-the-fightin-phils\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bookstore.dorrancepublishing.com\/products\/whiz-kids-to-today-baseball-card-history-of-the-fightin-phils<\/a> . For more information on publishing services, please visit <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dorrancepublishing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.dorrancepublishing.com\/<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;Whiz Kids to Today: Baseball Card History of the Fightin Phils,&#8221; a new book by Arthur Greenburg, has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-229679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}