Grassroots Baseball in the News • 2022 Archive

 
 

Baseball’s Demise is Greatly Exaggerated and this Group has the Means to Prove it

November 30 2022 • Amaris Ford for Spotlight News.com 


Bruce Jenkins’ Yuletide Reading

November 25 2022 • San Francisco Chronicle

“Grassroots Baseball, Route 66” by Jean Fruth. As a photographer, Fruth has a magnificent eye for cultural signposts, kids at play, landscape and lighting. Her first such book, “Grassroots Baseball: Where Legends Begin,” took her to the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Japan, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Canada and several U.S. states to capture the essence of amateur baseball. Her latest effort charts a 2,400-mile trip across a storied American highway. Both set a compelling mood and never let go.


7 Pro Tips for Creating Sports Images that Tell a Story

November 19 2022 • Sony Alpha Universe

Grassroots Baseball’s Jean Fruth shares 7 tips for creating sports images that tell a story. She is part of a select group Sony Artisans of Imagery, a partnership with a small collection of visual artists worldwide.


Special Guests Jean Fruth & Jeff Idelson

September 20 2022 • Coach & Kernan Real Voices of the Game Podcast


Grassroots Baseball Joins Cubs Live!

September 14 2022 • Chicago Cubs Pregame Television Show


New Book Highlighting Baseball’s Roots in Small Towns Along Route 66

September 13 2022 • CBS-TV Chicago Morning News


New Book Highlighting Baseball’s Roots in Small Towns Along Route 66

September 13 2022 • Yahoo News


Jim Thome to Sign New Book

September 13 2022 • FOX-TV News Good Day Chicago


Grassroots Baseball: Route 66

September 13 2022 • WGN-TV Chicago Morning News


Grassroots Baseball: Route 66

September 13 2022 • CBS-TV News Chicago At 11:00 AM


Grassroots Baseball Comes to Guaranteed Rate Field

September 13 2022 • Chicago White Sox Pregame Television Show


Grassroots Baseball on Route 66: The Game Goes On Forever

September 13 2022 • According to Dave Hoekstra


Grassroots Baseball: Route 66 Preserves Game's Amateur History

September 11 2022 • The Bradenton Times


Kevin Kernan on Grassroots Baseball: Route 66

September 11 2022 • Ballnine


Jeff and Jean Join White Sox Weekly

September 10 2022 • Chicago White Sox Pregame Radio Show


Jeff and Jean Join Tim Lambert

September 10 2022 • Applebee’s Tailgate Talk podcast


Grassroots Baseball: ABC-TV • 2022 Little League World Series

August 23 2022 • ABC-TV


Williamsport Sun-Gazette

August 23 2022 • Book tells the stories of America’s pastime.


The B&H Photography Podcast

August 4 2022 • Grassroots Baseball — America’s Favorite Pastime


Freemans Journal, Cooperstown

July 21 2022 • Grassroots Baseball: Route 66 Author to Hold Book Signing at Hall of Fame


Jeff and Jean join the Almost Cooperstown Podcast

July 14 2022 • Almost Cooperstown Podcast


KSDK-TV

July 11 2022 • Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Simmons joins Grassroots Baseball Tour


KSDK-TV

July 10 2022 • Ted Simmons joins Grassroots Baseball authors for book signing, raising money for organizations


Philadelphia Phillies Pregame Radio Show

July 9 2022 • Jeff and Jean join host Gregg Murphy of Phillies on Deck


UPI

July 9 2022 • New Grassroots Baseball Book


St. Louis Cardinals Radio Broadcast

July 8 2022 • Jean and Jeff join Cardinals play-by-play broadcaster John Rooney in the 5th inning


KFTK Radio

July 8 2022 • Jean and Jeff join host Mark Reardon


Bally Sports: St. Louis Cardinals Pregame Television Show

July 8 2022 • Jean Fruth joins Jim Hayes to talk Grassroots Baseball: Route 66


KTVI-TV/FOX

July 8 2022 • Fox 2 News in the Morning St. Louis: Meet Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Simmons


KMOV-TV/CBS

July 8 2022 • News 4 Great Day St. Louis Read of the Week


The South Brooklyn Network

July 7 2022 8 • Route 66, The Baseball Highway


St. Louis Post-Dispatch

July 7 2022 • Grassroots Baseball shines light on amateur baseball along Route 66


Inside the Parker Podcast with Rob Parker

July 6 2022


Ron Kaplan’s Baseball Bookshelf

July 6 2022 • The Bookshelf Conversation: Jean Fruth


Around the Park with Kruk and Kuip

July 2 2022 • Grassroots Baseball:Route 66 review


Highway Hasman

June 16 2022 • Photographer mixes passion for baseball with Route 66


Rio Rancho Observer / Gary Herron

June 16 2022 • RRHS ballpark included in new baseball book — “Grassroots Baseball: Route 66”


KOAT-TV

June 16 2022 • Hall of Famer Greg Maddux visits Albuquerque to promote book


KRQE-TV/Fox New Mexico

June 15 2022 • Sports Desk: Hall of Famer Visits Isotopes Park


KOB-TV

June 15 2022 • Greg Maddux Supports Grassroots Baseball at Isotopes Park


Santa Fe New Mexican

June 15 2022 • Hall of Famer Maddux comes to Isotopes Park


Albuquerque Journal • Randy Harrison/ ABQJournal News Staff

June 15 2022 • Harrison: We still are left to marvel at how Maddux became ‘Rembrandt’


Albuquerque Journal/Geoff Grammer

June 15 2022 • At its Grassroots, baseball is just fun


KRQE Media Group/New Mexico Living

June 14 2022 • Albuquerque Isotopes holds book release event


KRQE-TV

June 14 2022 • Greg Maddux holds book signing at Isotopes game


KOB-TV

June 14 2022 • Hall of Famer Greg Maddux to appear at Isotopes Park with Grassroots Baseball authors


Pressbox Online

June 13 2022 • Talking Baseball With Grassroots Baseball’s Jeff Idelson And Jean Fruth


KNMC Radio

June 13 2022 • Fred+Robert+Baseball+Americana


KNML Radio

June 13 2022 • Grassroots Baseball Route 66 visits KNML Radio


KKOB RADIO

June 10 2022 • Grassroots Baseball Route 66


KOB.com

June 10 2022 • “Grassroots Baseball” highlights local baseball parks


KRQE-TV

June 10 2022 • Greg Maddux, Grassroots Baseball coming to Isotopes on Wednesday


Albuquerque Journal

June 9 2022 • Maddux to throw out first pitch at Wednesday Isotopes game


KTVU-TV (San Francisco)

June 9 2022 • New book celebrates baseball along Route 66


Access Sportsnet Dodgers

June 5 2022 • Jean, Jeff and Alan Trammell with Nomar Garciaparra and John Hartung during the Los Angeles Dodgers pregame television show


Los Angeles Dodgers Radio Network

June 4 2022 Jeff and Jean visit with David Vassegh during the Los Angeles Dodgers pregame radio show


KNBR Radio

June 4 2022 • Jean and Jeff visit with Marty Lurie on the San Francisco Giants Pregame Radio


KGNC Radio

June 1 2022 • Jean and Jeff join the Sports Nerds


KFDA-TV Sports

June 1 2022 • Hall of Famer Goose Gossage visits Hodgetown


Sports Drive-TV • News Channel 10

June 1 2022 • Grassroots Baseball, Jean Fruth & Jeff Idelson visit with Lance Lahnert


KVII-TV Interview

June 1 2022 In Your Community


MyHighplains.com

June 1 2022 • Check out the Grassroots Baseball in this New Book


MIX 94.1 Radio

June 1 2022 • Hall of Famer Coming to Amarillo


Presspass Sports

June 1 2022 • Grassroots Baseball makes special stop at Hodgetown


Oklahoma City Dodgers Game Broadcast

May 29 2022 • Hall of Famer Johnny Bench and Jean Fruth join the broadcast


Orange County Register

May 29 2022 • Alexander: Getting Hip to Baseball on Route 66


KFOR-TV Oklahoma City (NBC)

May 29 2022 • Oklahoma Legend Johnny Bench at Bricktown Ballpark on Sunday


The Plank Show

May 27 2022 • Grassroots Baseball makes special stop at Hodgetown


The Mayor’s Office With Sean Casey Podcast

May 27 2022 • The Mayor’s Office


Johnny Bench Heading to OKC for Book Signing on Oklahoma Baseball & Route 66

May 26 2022 • The Oklahoman


‘Grassroots Baseball’ tells the story of the game along Route 66

May 17 2022 • MLB.com with Dan Cichalski


MLB Now with Brian Kenney and Jim Thome

May 17 2022 • MLB Network


Bill Madden’s Sunday Notes Column

May 15 2022 • New York Daily News


Grassroots Baseball: Route 66

May 6 2022 • Lost Parks Podcast


Road Trip (Opening Spread)

May-June 2022 Issue • Baseball Digest


MLB Network Sirius XM Radio Interview

April 23 2022 • MLB Network Radio Remember When


Women in Baseball: Jean Fruth’s Newest Project Documents Inspiring Females On and Off the Field

April 7 2022 • Sony Alpha Universe


Grass Route: What do Route 66 and Baseball have in Common?

April 7 2022 • America250


Jean Fruth Talks About her Love of Photography

March 26 2022 • KNBR with Marty Lurie


ML SPORTS PLATTER
Jean Fruth Joins Mike Lindsley

March 11 2022


ML SPORTS PLATTER
Jeff Idelson Joins Mike Lindsley

March 10 2022


International Women’s Day

On International Women’s Day, Here’s a Group of Must-Follow Women That Will Inspire and Delight You

March 8 2022 • Alpha Universe


Bob Nightengale’s Notebook

From the Tyler Skaggs trial to continued labor strife, MLB just had an awful week

Feb 20 2022 • USA Today


Pete Abraham’s Sunday Notes:

Baseball will survive, but its prominence continues to take a dive

Feb 19 2022 • The Boston Globe