EP 16: A Book Talk with Michael Lewis, author of ”Alive and Kicking: The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers” (June 2022)

Host TOm McCabe is joined by author Michael Lewis, who discusses his new book, Alive and Kicking: The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers

Lewis covered the team from 1974-1980 for the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, documenting all the ups and downs of Rochester’s only major league sports franchise. Using his own reporting, recent interviews with the men who lived the dream with the Lancers, and painstaking research of matches when many detailed records were not kept, Lewis has pulled together the complete and remarkable history of the Rochester Lancers on a match-by-match basis.

Included in the book are behind the scenes stories that have never been told about the ASL and NASL days and profiles of the players who proudly took the field at Aquinas/Holleder Stadium.

Podcast produced by Brian Quarstad.

Music created by LiteSaturation and found at Pixabay.

View the video of the session at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AITNjtSLbmg&list=PLF9oL3yRaMyyYqsS1Qqj6XxUV8RU6p4tC&index=16&pp=iAQB

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