About
Edward Achorn, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for Distinguished Commentary, is the deputy editorial pages editor of The Providence Journal. He has won numerous writing awards and his work appears in Best Newspaper Writing, 2007-2008.
While he is a baseball fanatic, Achorn’s “must read” weekly columns usually center on the weird and contentious politics of Rhode Island. He inspired revolutionary change in the state’s Constitution, championing an amendment that balanced power and put an end to a 340-year legacy of inordinate control by the legislature. Pulitzer judges cited his “clear, tenacious call to action against government corruption in Rhode Island,” while Common Cause Rhode Island declared: “Ed Achorn’s clear trumpet turned the tide in this historic battle.”
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Library Journal says Fifty-nine in ’84 is “hugely appealing” and “reads like a novel”
Edward Achorn’s Fifty-nine in ’84 is “hugely appealing for baseball die-hards,” Library Journal declares in a glowing new review.
Still, the book “is not just a recitation of bare-handed baseball and old-time brawling, but a story that, with its larger-than-life protagonist, numerous exploits, and a love interest, reads like a novel.”
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Should Megan Fox, Robert Downey Jr. star in Fifty-nine in ’84?
There’s already been Hollywood interest in Fifty-nine in ’84, and people sometimes ask me who I’d like to see play the lead characters. Old Hoss Radbourn, the crusty, hard-driving hero at the center of the book, would require somebody who could convey his intense dedication to his craft of pitching,...
Barrington Books Reading
Ed will be reading from Fifty-nine in ’84 and signing books at Barrington Books, in Barrington, RI, on March 27, 2010, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Look for more information at their website.
‘Achorn wonderfully captures this era,’ Publishers Weekly declares
In a glowing review, Publishers Weekly is lauding Edward Achorn’s Fifty-nine in ’84 as an “inside look into the game of baseball” in its brutal early days, hailing his revelation of the “hard-nosed players” of 1884. “There’s plenty to devour (and learn) for even the biggest of baseball savants,”...
Was Radbourn better than Clemens, Johnson and Maddux?
Comparing players across eras is never a perfect science. Conditions change over the years. Pitchers stop throwing complete games, as relief specialists emerge. Pitch counts and advances in medicine help protect arms and shoulders, prone to break down under the unnatural stress of throwing. Players cheat with drugs to enhance...
