Books and Sports

The first of what organizers hope will be an annual Boston Book Festival was last weekend in Copley Square, and it was spectacular, at least from my vantage point. First, lead sponsor State Street Bank had me in for an hour-long signing where they gave away 200 copies of Satchel.

Then I did a panel with two of my sports-writing heroes: Jackie MacMullen, a former Boston Globe colleague who just did a great book with Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, and Glenn Stout, who has written more than 50 books on baseball and other sports topics. The moderator was the eloquent Bill Littlefield, moderator of the NPR show Only a Game.

Nice way to spend a Saturday.