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...years later, when Silverman was in the midst of writing a novel, Sternberg gave him a call. Sternberg wanted to buy the Devil Rays, and he wanted Silverman on his management team...
Getting into the business of baseball, Silverman said, “wasn’t planned and it wasn’t a primary career interest of mine...
When Sternberg called, Silverman had written nearly 60,000 words of his book. But even the novel, a story of a father-son relationship strained by addiction, had ended up revolving around baseball. The sport was Silverman’s inescapable passion, and so he accepted Sternberg’s offer...
Growing up in Dallas, Silverman would run home after school to catch baseball games on TV. Silverman became an avid fan of the Chicago Cubs, who were televised on WGN, which was then a national network...
From the beginning, Silverman said, he immersed himself in the details of the game...