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by Denny Dressman (Author)
More than 16 million viewers saw the 1970 All-Star Game on national television, and more than 50,000 baseball fans watched in person at Riverfront Stadium. But a group of sports writers could only LISTEN to a description of the most debated play in All-Star Game history, the Pete Rose-Ray Fosse home plate collision, because the President of the United States, Richard Nixon -- truly an avid and knowledgeable baseball fan -- stayed until the dust settled at home plate in the bottom of the 12th inning. "HEARD but not SEEN" tells the best behind-the-scenes story, never told until now. It's the story of Cincinnati's rich baseball legacy, and of a long-gone ethic embodied in Pete Rose, who said before the game: "I play it like any other game -- I play it to win." The punch line is a surprising exchange with Frank Robinson, one of the game's fiercest competitors ever.
Author Biography
DENNY DRESSMAN is a 2008 inductee into the Denver Press Club Hall of Fame; a past president of the Colorado Press Association; and a previous winner of the Ohio Associated Press Sports Editors' Award for Best Sports Column as well as recipient of numerous other writing awards, including the 2015 Colorado Authors' League award for Best Feature for "Next on the Tee: Lewis & Clark," which appeared in the May 2014 issue of Colorado Avid Golfer magazine. He currently is vice president of the Colorado Authors' League, responsible for enrichment programs; writes regularly for Colorado Avid Golfer magazine; and teaches writing classes in the University of Denver University College adult enrichment program. A sports writer for the first 10 years of a 43-year career, he worked for The Kentucky Post; The Louisville Times & Courier-Journal; The Cincinnati Enquirer, from 1969 to 1982; the Oakland Tribune, where he was editor; and the Rocky Mountain News. He retired in 2007 after 25 years at the News, including 10 outside the newsroom as vice president for labor and human resources. HEARD but not SEEN is his seventh book. (www.comservbooks.com) He also has edited four others. A native of Northern Kentucky, he lives in Denver, Colorado with his wife Melanie.
