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
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
MLB.com with Dan Cichalski • May 17 2022
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