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Old 01-16-2020, 02:57 AM
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Came across this again in my stuff while searching for something and thought it would be a good addition to the original thread here...


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How many authors of such a book would have cut all the players in on the royalties? Just that one check was a decent amount of money in those days, equivalent to two or three grand today. But Larry didn't do it for the money. He was a peach.
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How many authors of such a book would have cut all the players in on the royalties? Just that one check was a decent amount of money in those days, equivalent to two or three grand today. But Larry didn't do it for the money. He was a peach.
Any idea how much each player received in total?

And any idea how many books initially sold?
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Any idea how much each player received in total?

And any idea how many books initially sold?
No clue about the money. As for books sold, I remember seeing a figure of something like 250,000 quoted when we did the audio set, which was almost 25 years ago. It was then in its 14th printing and had never been out of print. Most of that total probably came in the first several years after publication in 1966. Very few non-fiction books ever achieve that level of success.
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Just that one check was a decent amount of money in those days, equivalent to two or three grand today.
$2,027.99 to be specific.
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$2,027.99 to be specific.
A year earlier, as posted above, Edd Roush got one for $935. I guess that would be around nine grand today. Wow! Makes me wonder if Larry even kept any for himself
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That check is so cool, and a great piece of baseball and literary history.
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