Lunch with a Legend
Posted by Sean Forman on February 22, 2010
David Neft (r), head of the first Macmillan Baseball Encyclopedia.
Last Thursday, I had the great pleasure of being invited by Marty Appel to attend the monthly baseball writers' lunch started 20 years ago by Lawrence Ritter. The authors of 100+ books were at the lunch, and another guest was David Neft, the head of the Big Mac, Baseball Encyclopedia. We got to share notes and exchange stories about how our separate projects got off the ground. David is still at work putting together a major set of biographical data for NFL players.
February 22nd, 2010 at 10:43 am
The caption says Neft is on the left but that's a mistake. On the left is Sean Forman.
February 22nd, 2010 at 10:45 am
d'oh,
my left, your right
February 22nd, 2010 at 11:31 am
Awesome Sean!
There was a time where I thought Big Mac was the most important book that I owned. I used to refer to it as “The Book of Knowledge” and held it like it was the baseball torah or something…drove my wife nuts.
BTW, someday, YOU and I have to do lunch, and then I can have our picture taken, and do a blog entry entitled "Lunch with a Legend." 😉
February 22nd, 2010 at 11:43 am
And the lunch was at Mickey Mantle's on Central Park South - always like to point out the venue, because it's perfect for our group. Great to have you there Sean!
February 22nd, 2010 at 6:58 pm
perfect is right, they sell Ballantine Ale there