Redball Advertising & Public Relations

05/27/2025

Last Friday, I got to be a part of a thrilling event working with the Community Health Center of the New River Valley as they broke ground for their new facility, which will be a generational investment in the health of the New River Valley. They have an amazing staff, many of whom I count among my best friends.

10/23/2024

Happy to announce that Baseball Cards at the Edge of War is now available at Booktenders WV in Barboursville (as well as Way Out Wayne). It is a wonderful independent bookstore! Please pay them a visit this holiday season!

10/17/2024

Rhonda Marcum, Carol Hipps Elmore, Mike Elmore and several more of my friends will be walking in the annual crop walk this Sunday. Please consider throwing a couple of dollars our way it will help families both around the globe and in our community.

Support Oak Grove Church of the Brethren. Connect with others in your area and raise funds to fight hunger in the United States and around the world.

10/16/2024

I recently did another article for the SABR baseball card blog about the 1976 Icee Set, the Big Red Machine and Blue Light Specials.

Within a few weeks of each other, two things happened that sent me back to 1976.  One was the death of Pete Rose, Charlie Hustle, my childhood hero. Volumes have been written about him by fans…

10/07/2024

I was recently interviewed for a future episode of the Baseball Book Club Podcast for my book Baseball Cards at the Edge of War- 1941: The Games, The Gum, and The Glory. My interview will air next season, but if you are a fan I strongly recommend the podcast.
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10/07/2024

This is a pretty interesting podcast. Local attorney Jeff Krasnow played a major role in the ability of lawyers to advertise.

Podcast Episode · Planet Money · 10/04/2024 · 19m

09/30/2024

Check out my blog on the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Baseball card blog.

The 1941 baseball season featured Ted Williams’ .400 season, Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak and the Dodger’s return to prominence, but an exciting battle also shaped up at the candy counter.…

09/12/2024

Many years ago, my former self decided that my future self needed to spend a lot ao time organizing things my former self left him to do to occupy his future leisure time. My current self is taking on a small part of that which was left for me to do by my former self.

07/27/2024

I had a great time with friends at the Salem Red Sox game tonight celebrating the release of my new book. Thanks, Trenton Marcum, Kristin Sink Marcum, Al and Michelle Brauns, Mike Bell, Landon Elmore, Bill Burks and Elizabeth, Mike Stephens, Sharon Kurtz Hanger, James Burke, Rhonda Marcum, and Mike and Carol Hipps Elmore for being there! My hands look huge! https://tinyurl.com/yckk3aw4

12/15/2023

I had a great time, met some amazing people, and learned some things myself as part of the panel discussion at the TAP workshop Marketing to Teens coordinated by my friend Tommy Page.

09/30/2023

I was honored to have been invited to the celebration of Anstey Hodge Advertising Group's 20th Anniversary! Great friends and people and I hope they enjoy many more anniversaries and even greater success.

08/25/2023

Had a great time attending Jean Tardy Clark's retirement party. She was a great leader for the Lexington, Virginia and the Rockbridge Area Tourism for decades. Nice seeing my friend David Mikula at the event.