Events & Press Coverage for Eric Vickrey

Upcoming Events

Tuesday, June 17, 2025: Book signing (Runnin’ Redbirds and Season of Shattered Dreams) at the Gateway Grizzlies game in Sauget, IL.

As Seen On

Select TV, Radio, and Podcast Interviews

Runnin’ Redbirds:

Interview on Sports 56 WHBQ Memphis

Interview with Tom Ackerman on KMOX St. Louis (EV interview starts at 29:00)

Earned Fun Average Podcast

Marty Lurie on KNBR (San Francisco Giants pregame show)

Interview with Mark Ellebracht on WBGZ Alton

Season of Shattered Dreams:

Radio interview with Bill Swartz on Puget Sound Now

Television appearance on New Day Northwest (KING5 Seattle)

Alan Alford Sports Talk Show

Spokane Public Radio interview

The Curious Man Podcast

Good Seats Still Available Podcast

Bookin’ Podcast with Jason Jefferies

Exploring Washington State Podcast

Voices of Experience Podcast with Paul Casey

Historically Speaking Sports Podcast

First Coast Connect (WJCT Jacksonville)

The Twin Bill Podcast

Other Press

My author page with the Society for American Baseball Research: https://sabr.org/authors/eric-vickrey/

Q&A with Mark Tomasik from Retro Simba about Runnin’ Redbirds

Zoom Presentation to the SABR Central Illinois Chapter on Runnin’ Redbirds

Book review of Runnin’ Redbirds by Andy Heckroth of Redbird Rants

Daily Record Q&A (Ellensburg, WA) about Season of Shattered Dreams

“A Promising Team, a Fatal Crash in Snoqualmie Pass,” in Seattle Met Magazine (Season of Shattered Dreams excerpt)

Article in the Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) about Season of Shattered Dreams

Kittitas County Historical Museum Lecture: “Season of Shattered Dreams”

Review of Season of Shattered Dreams by Brett Windisch of The Skippers View podcast

Season of Shattered Dreams in the Seattle Times‘ Now and Then Column (published 10/3/24)

At the Spokane Indians Bus Crash Site Near Snoqualmie Pass

The Baseball Bucket List Podcast: 1980s Cardinals, 1946 Spokane Indians, and 2011 Game Six Heroics

Antithetical Iron Horse — my piece on Manual Lee in Portion Under Busch (St. Louis Cardinals Literary Journal)

Media Requests

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book cover mockup for Eric Vickrey

Season of Shattered Dreams

The fascinating true story of the 1946 Spokane Indians, postwar baseball, and the deadliest tragedy in the history of American professional sports.

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