Lulu.com Creator Hits One Out of the Park With Dugout Wisdom

May 15, 2008 9:03 AM EDT

RALEIGH, N.C., May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- As summer approaches, so does baseball season, and memories of summer days, roasted peanuts and the seventh-inning stretch. But baseball can be about more than just a great day at the park. In Dugout Wisdom: Life Lessons From Baseball, author Dan Migala finds the heart in baseball, collecting and sharing words of wisdom from 55 greats of the game. These first person accounts of baseball's pivotal life moments feature noted players such as Sparky Anderson, Wade Boggs, Nolan Ryan, Kirby Puckett, and Ryne Sandberg.

Now available on Lulu.com, each chapter of Dugout Wisdom: Life Lessons From Baseball (www.lulu.com/dugoutwisdom) revolves around key moments in these players' lives, like when they overcame an obstacle, learned a life lesson or received destiny-altering advice. With the on-demand technology of Lulu.com, you can order a customized copy to share with those that have shared their wisdom with you.

"Each legend opened up their heart and shared a tale with me in the same way a grandparent would with their grandchildren," said author Dan Migala. "I invite everyone to sit at the feet of the greats of the game and learn about passion, perseverance and fate through the hearts of these baseball legends."

A lifelong lover of baseball, Dan Migala, also known as Danny Baseball, founded The Migala Report, a sports marketing newsletter, has been a columnist for Sports Business Journal since 1999, and has authored three books on sports marketing. Migala is an expert in sports marketing and a sought-after speaker. Dugout Wisdom is the Chicago native's first baseball book.

About Lulu (www.lulu.com): Lulu.com is the premier marketplace for digital content on the Internet, with over 380,000 recently published titles, and more than 5,000 new titles added each week, created by people in 80 different countries. With just over 1.3 million registered members, Lulu is changing the world of publishing by enabling the creators to publish their work themselves with complete editorial and copyright control. With storefronts provided and other marketing support, Lulu creators are fully empowered to profit from their work.

About Dan Migala (www.dugoutwisdom.com): Founder of The Migala Report, a sports marketing newsletter, to help educate sports marketing executives to help professional and collegiate teams to grow their business. This Chicago-native also has served as a columnist for Sports Business Journal since 1999 and has authored three books on sports marketing. He earned a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the Missouri School of Journalism and a Master of Sports Administration from Ohio University. Migala is a strong proponent of education for sports executives having retained a faculty spot at the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University since 2001 and by teaching courses at Baylor University, Ohio University, San Diego State University and the University of Missouri. A sought-after speaker, you can find him speaking at just about any sports league meeting or commenting on sports business topics for the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune and other major news outlets.

SOURCE Lulu.com

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