Bob Wirz interview

<p>Tonight’s guest is author Bob Wirz. Bob has been a media specialist in the world of sports for over 60 years. A lifelong baseball fan Bob worked as a publicity director for the Kansas City Royals and, later, in newspaper, radio, and television work. For 11 years he ran the media office for Major League Baseball when Bowie Kuhn was commissioner of baseball. During the 2000s and early 2010s he was a weekly columnist for Independent Baseball Insider and for the past 38 years he has been the owner of Wirz Associates where he does sports consulting work.</p> <p> </p> <p>In 2018 he published the book “The Passion of Baseball”, a memoir of his life’s journey from Nebraska to his close encounters with baseball history.</p> <p> </p> <p>Last year Bob released his latest book “My Nebraska: Rich Memories of Growing Up in Rural Nebraska Decades Ago”, another affectionate memoir of growing up in the Cornhusker State.</p> <p> </p> <p>Tonight, we will pay tribute to Bob Wirz’s literary works and his contributions to Major League Baseball.</p> <p> </p>