2010, March The News of Kings Point
Kings Point Resident is Baseball Book Author Robert (Bob) Lockwood Mills, resident on Sifield Greens Way, loves baseball, and it shows in his new book, “Baseball – Then and Now.” His seventh published book combines the author’s earliest recollections of the Great American Pastime with a cogent and often humorous analysis of the game’s evolution. Written entirely from Mills’ vast memory bank, it invites the reader along nostalgic pathways of baseball history, from the familiar to the forgotten. The author recalls the earliest games he saw, involving the Chicago Cubs in 1948 and the Boston Red Sox in 1949. He helps the reader to remember great, near-great, and not-
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so-great players, managers, broadcasters, sportswriters, and umpires. He discusses unresolved controversies and ends the book with a flight of fancy about baseball’s future. Bob Mills spent most of his adult life raising a family and working as a Wall Street broker. But his eclectic mix of hobbies and avocations has included those of semi-pro ballplayer, actor, playwright, bridge teacher, historical researcher, writer/editor, satirist, composer, crossword puzzle constructor, and political essayist. Two of these disciplines converge in “Baseball -- Then and Now,” his first book about baseball. To get your copy, call 813-634-6787 and leave message. “Baseball – Then and Now” is also available at barnesandnoble.com and amazon.com. Robert Lockwood Mills
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much of the apparatus that will make this legal and hopefully safe. However, until the construction in, on and around that intersection is complete – this is still against the law. Florida statutes are very clear on this in that: “the responsible governmental entity shall post appropriate signs to indicate that such operation is allowed”. Whether you think this crossing is a good idea or a bad one, please respect that Florida law must be obeyed to maintain safety on all of our streets. Those who fail to heed the law are doomed to pay for it, either financially or physically. Hopefully, the worst anyone will get is a $151.00 ticket and not a crash that could end lives. Once everything is complete, the path will be open with great fanfare, but until that happens, please be careful and obey the law. Be safe out there.
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