OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post

KenRaffensberger16 · 09-10-2013, 12:03 PM

I was very surprised to find a book by former Phillies pitcher, Larry Colton in my local bookstore recently. I've since learned that after Colton's brief MLB career of just one game, Colton has gone on to have a highly acclaimed career as an author of non-fiction books. He writes on a wide range of subjects from the lives of survivors of a World War Two Japanese Prisoner Of War camp, to following the lives of fraternity brothers for 25 years following their graduation, to a high school girls basketball team that consisted of mostly Native American players and his latest book "Southern League", released in May 2013, is the only book he's written on baseball. While his new work is in part a baseball book it is also a Civil Rights movement book, as it is a study of the first truly integrated minor league team in the Deep South (Birmingham, Alabama). Colton also organizes an annual literary festival "Wordstock" held each October in Portland, Oregon. He is an esteemed writing instructor and new writer mentor.
Colton, now 71, pitched just 2 innings of relief for the Phillies on May 6, 1968, his only MLB game appearance. He later was traded to the Chicago Cubs organization, but he never again reached the majors.
Does anyone have his photo or baseball card?

09-10-2013, 12:03 PM	#18589
KenRaffensberger16 Major Leagues Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New jersey most of my life; Gulf Coast Florida since 2010. Posts: 422	Larry Colton - Author/Baseball Pitcher I was very surprised to find a book by former Phillies pitcher, Larry Colton in my local bookstore recently. I've since learned that after Colton's brief MLB career of just one game, Colton has gone on to have a highly acclaimed career as an author of non-fiction books. He writes on a wide range of subjects from the lives of survivors of a World War Two Japanese Prisoner Of War camp, to following the lives of fraternity brothers for 25 years following their graduation, to a high school girls basketball team that consisted of mostly Native American players and his latest book "Southern League", released in May 2013, is the only book he's written on baseball. While his new work is in part a baseball book it is also a Civil Rights movement book, as it is a study of the first truly integrated minor league team in the Deep South (Birmingham, Alabama). Colton also organizes an annual literary festival "Wordstock" held each October in Portland, Oregon. He is an esteemed writing instructor and new writer mentor. Colton, now 71, pitched just 2 innings of relief for the Phillies on May 6, 1968, his only MLB game appearance. He later was traded to the Chicago Cubs organization, but he never again reached the majors. Does anyone have his photo or baseball card? Last edited by KenRaffensberger16; 09-10-2013 at 01:11 PM.