By Brendan O’Meara
Kevin Guilfoile (@kevinguilfoile) is the author of the memoir A Drive into the Gap (Field Notes, 2012).
It’s a wonderful story about memory, fathers and sons, and the hunt for the identity of Roberto Clemente’s bat, the one that struck his 3,000th and final hit.
Kevin shares stories about his time growing up in Cooperstown, home of the baseball Hall of Fame and dealing with a young Barry Bonds while an intern for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
He’s written two novels and one movie and I loved it when he said, “You become a writer by writing.”
It’s the same sentiment that Austin Kleon espouses: In order to be the noun, you have to do the verb.
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