hitting the books
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Holy Toledo: Lessons from Bill King, Renaissance Man of the Mic”
One of the joys of broadcasting sports is the great people you get to meet that are involved in the...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Brothers In Arms”
Tim Walbert is the director for Orioles games on MASN. We share a love of history and of the books...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Reclaiming Conversation”
Just how much damage are we doing to every relationship we have, or might have, because of our use of...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Road to Character”
David Brooks, author of “The Road to Character,” is a columnist for the New York Times and frequent guest on...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “In Montmartre: Picasso, Matisse and Modernism in Paris, 1900-10”
In this edition of “Hitting the Books,” we take a look at Sue Roe’s “In Montmartre: Picasso, Matisse and Modernism...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “American Wine: A Coming-of-Age Story”
Tom Acitelli’s “American Wine: A Coming-of-Age Story,” published in 2015, tracks the explosion in wine sales in the U.S. since...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Integrating the Orioles: Baseball and Race in Baltimore”
For this edition of “Hitting the Books,” we turn our attention to one of Baltimore’s most valuable institutions, The Enoch...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “The Haunted Mesa”
Louis L’Amour is one of the most frequent writers of the American West, particularly the Southwest. “The Haunted Mesa” is...
Hitting the Books with Gary Thorne: “Les Miserables”
Hello, readers. Time to crack the covers again in the name of reading and all the joys it can bring!...
Hitting the Books With Gary Thorne: The final chapter
Incredibly, a season of baseball and Hitting the Books is at an end. All adventures – and Hitting the Books...