Events & Press Coverage for Eric Vickrey

Upcoming Events for Season of Shattered Dreams

April 18, 2024, 6:30pm: Season of Shattered Dreams Book Launch, Paper Boat Booksellers, Seattle, WA

April 19, 2024, 6pm: Presentation and book signingKittitas County Historical Museum, Ellensburg, WA

April 20, 2024, 11am-1pm: Book signing, Auntie’s Bookstore, Spokane, WA

April 27, 2024, 11am-1pm: Book signing (both Runnin’ Redbirds and Season of Shattered Dreams), Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL

May 4, 2024: Book signing at the Stockton Ports game, Banner Island Ballpark, Stockton, CA

May 5, 2024, 2pm: Presentation and book signing at Book Passage, Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA

May 11, 2024, 12-2pm: Book signing at Kingfisher Bookstore, Coupeville, WA

May 30, 2024, 6-8pm: Presentation and book signing, Paulina Springs Books, Sisters, OR

May 31, 2024: Book signing at the Portland Pickles game, Walker Stadium, Portland OR

June 8, 2024, 12-2pm: Book signing at the Magnolia Farmer’s Market with Magnolia’s Bookstore, Seattle, WA

June 9, 2024, 5-6pm: Presentation and book signing, Village Books, Bellingham, WA

June 26, 2024, 5:30-6:30pm: Presentation and book signing, Kingfisher Bookstore, Coupeville, WA

June 28, 2024: Book signing at the Spokane Indians vs Everett AquaSox game, Funko Field, Everett, WA

September 19, 2024, 3pm: Presentation at the Museum of Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID

Podcast and Radio Interviews

Interview with Greg Gaston and Matt Infield on Sports 56 WHBQ Memphis

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

Episode 94 of the Earned Fun Average Podcast

Mike Lindsley of ML Sports Platter

Interview with Bill Swartz on Puget Sound Now

Interview with Matt Gower on the Jays From Home Podcast

Interview with Mark Ellebracht on WBGZ Alton

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

Interview with Quincy Allen on the Prawn Pitch Podcast

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

Media Requests

For media requests related to Runnin’ Redbirds, email me: ewvickrey@yahoo.com

For media requests related to Season of Shattered Dreams, contact Lorna Garano: lornagarano@gmail.com

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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.

Now Available for Pre-Order