Josh Pahigian's Ultimate Baseball Road Trip is the focus of a Sun Chronicle feature

The Sun Chronicle on June 13, 2012 interviewed UNE Department of English adjunct faculty member Josh Pahigian about his most recent book, the 2nd edition of The Ultimate Baseball Road Trip: A Fan's Guide to Major League Stadiums.

The book, which he co-authored with Kevin O'Connell, takes readers through the history, architecture and food of 30 ballparks. Among other items, it includes ratings of the hot dogs at each field, as well as the trademark foods and other treats.

Pahigian tells the Chronicle that they were prompted to write a new edition in part because of the “tremendous response” of readers after the publication of the first book. One couple traveled from ballpark to ballpark for their honeymoon, and brought along the book as a guide. Another reader, a soldier in Iraq, wrote the author to tell him that he and his friends read the book and planned their ultimate ballpark vacation as they tried to pass the time away from home. A year later, the soldier sent Pahigian pictures of the trip.

Pahigian's first novel is due for release by Maine-based Islandport Press in October 2012. It’s a thriller set in Old Orchard Beach, entitled Strangers on the Beach.

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