Write-In Campaign Adds Pressure on Selig?

May 6, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment

Latino advocacy organization Presente.org is ramping up the pressure on Bud Selig with a write-in campaign to take the All-Star Game out of Phoenix in response to the Arizona Hispanic profiling bill. Â After huge protest marches several weeks ago, the write in campaign provides a time-honored, American tradition to keep the pressure on Commissioner Selig. […]

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“Ted Williams and the 1969 Washington Senators, the Last Winning Season”

December 11, 2008 by Ted Leavengood · 3 Comments

The author’s second book, Ted Williams and the 1969 Washington Senators: The Last Winning Season, is scheduled to be released by McFarland Publishing on February 24, 2009.

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