POINT PLEASANT BEACH — Point Beach author and baseball historian Phil Coffin will present a program integrating facts, history and trivia from two recent books about the sport at a library lecture on May 5.
“America’s Pastime is in full swing. Baseball chatter is everywhere, and everyone’s got an opinion. Hear an expert of the sport’s history, longtime New York Times editor Phil Coffin, in his Author Talk at the Ocean County Library Point Pleasant Beach Branch,” stated a press release from Ocean County Library.
Coffin, a journalist, member of the Society for American Baseball Research and resident of Point Beach, will present stories of the sport from two of his books on the subject at his Author Talk.
“The Point Pleasant Beach resident will circle the bases about his highly entertaining, history-filled books, the newly published ‘A Baseball Book of Days: Thirty-One Moments That Transformed the Game’ and 2024’s ‘When Baseball Was Still Topps: Portraits of the Game in 1959, Card by Card,’” said the release.
“Phil poured his 30-plus years as a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and his lifelong fandom into his books, copies of which he’ll bring along for all those interested in purchasing one or both,” it said.
The talk will take place on Monday, May 5, at 7 p.m. at the Point Pleasant Beach Branch of Ocean County Library, 710 McLean Ave. Register here to attend this free program. For more information, stop by the Point Pleasant Beach Branch or call 732-892-4575.
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