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Injured EDH Athlete Consoled by Author
by Bitsy Kemper
Tuesday, September 25th 2007
This is a story of life imitating art imitating life.
In the book Playing with the Enemy, a 15-year-old star athlete suffers a devastating ankle injury during a baseball game just as his career is taking off.
 Set in the 1940s, it's the true account of how a boy handles life's curves, takes advantage of second chances. The story is also an inspirational tale of healing.
About two weeks ago when a 15-year-old star sophomore on the Oak Ridge High School football team was running for a catch during a scrimmage, he was hit from the side, heard a snap, and looked to see his foot pointing 90 degrees in the wrong direction.
Robby DeMaso, described as an athlete on the verge of becoming a breakout player, suffered almost the exact same ankle injury as Gene Moore at the exact same age, 15. Read more...
Moore's Novel Conveys Family Story and Inspires Screenplay
Story by Valerie Pascoe
Photo by Antony Boshier
Tuesday, September 25th 2007
 Bourbonnais author Gary Moore took a personal‚ family revelation and truly hit it out of the park with a new novel that shares the story of his father‚ Gene Moore. Not only is a major motion picture based on the book in the works‚ but Gary’s son‚ actor Toby‚ has been cast to play the role of his grandfather.
It wasn’t until the day before his father’s death in 1983 that Moore discovered his dad had been recruited by the Brooklyn Dodgers as a teenager but tragically lost his big league career due to injuries sustained in World War II while teaching German prisoners of war how to play baseball.
Moore was so astonished by the story that he spent the next two decades researching his father’s life. In September 2006 he published Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy‚ a World at War‚ and a Field of Broken Dreams as a tribute to his father. Read more...
Playing with the Enemy in production
The Internet Movie Database
August 2008
After being drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers as a 15-year-old prodigy in 1940, Gene Moore joined the Navy and was sent on a secret mission to guard German POWs during which he taught enemy soldiers how to play baseball. Read more...
The National World War II Museum presents: When Baseball Went to War
The National World War II Museum
Monday, August 13th 2007
Gary Moore Author of Playing With the Enemy Kerry Nakagawa Director, Nisei Baseball Research Project and Author of Through a Diamond: 100 Years of Japanese ... Read more...
Take a trip to Camp Ruston with book
The News Starwww.theNewsStar.com
Monday, August 13th 2007
Show us an American who doesn't love baseball, and we'll show you an American who didn't have a childhood. Baseball happens every summer during childhood for Americans. Any space can magically be transformed into a diamond — a backyard, a back alley or a vacant lot in your neighborhood. Any number of kids of any ages can make up teams. A bat and a ball (typically a soft ball) are all the equipment required. Gloves are a treasured rarity. High spirits and loud cheering are the fare of the day. Baseball happens.Read more...
Tuesday, July 24th 2007
WSUI AM 910
The Exchange with Ben Kieffer
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Waterloo, IA
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Family Story Scores A Home Run - Gary W. Moore
by Chris Angelos, Writer's Webcast
Thursday, July 5th 2007
Gary Moore’s book Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams is the kind of story Hollywood might have dreamed up.
The behind the scenes story and what happened after publication is just as spell-binding.
The best part is–it’s all true. Read more...
Saturday, June 30th 2007
waukTOWN Radio - The Writer's Webcast
with Chris Angelos
(http://www.waukegan.org)
Gary W. Moore hits a home run with his first book, Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams. It's the true story of his father who was drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers. Then World War Two interrupted, and he was sent, with the Navy baseball team, to guard prisoners captured from the German Submarine, U-505.
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Playing With the Enemy Springs from Deathbed Revelation
by Gary Brown, GateHouse News Service
Sunday, June 24th 2007
CANTON, Ohio - I was standing in the middle of a bookstore during an author signing, talking to a writer who had gotten to know his father only the day before he died.
“It was a story we didn’t know,” explained Gary W. Moore, author of “Playing With the Enemy, A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams.”
“We didn’t know about his baseball background. It was something he didn’t talk about.” Read more...
Saturday, June 16th 2007
Political Pistachio
Host Douglas V. Gibbs
(http://www.blogtalkradio.com/politicalpistachio)
Interview with Gary Moore and Ted Savas, managing director of Savas Beatie LLC and publisher of Playing with the Enemy
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Monday, June 11th 2007
WCPN-FM 90.3
Around Noon with Dee Perry
(Taped Interview)
Cleveland, Ohio
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Playing with the Enemey Book Summary
ArmChairGM.com
Wednesday, June 6th 2007
Excellent book, excellent story, excellent author. A book well worth reading. Soon to be a major motion picture. Read more...
Batter Down!
Writer chronicles his ballplayer dad's descent
By Cris Glaser, Cleveland Scene
Friday, May 24th 2007
 Gary Moore reveals the lifelong secret of his dad, a teenage baseball phenom, in Playing With the Enemy. The book recaps Gene Moore’s career with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the early ’40s. After enlisting in the U.S. Navy, Gene shattered his ankle bone, causing permanent damage. The accident happened not on a World War II battlefield, but during a game with German POWs in a Louisiana prison camp. He moved to Illinois “to work on a career as an alcoholic -- and doing a good job of it,” says Gary, whose father refused to talk about the accident until the night before he died in 1983. “He looked in the mirror and saw a failed ballplayer. He felt he let everybody down.” Read more...
Playing with the Enemey Author visits school
By CHRISTINA CHAPMAN Staff Writer
May 18th 2007
MORRIS -- In unison the entire sixth grade shouted "I am a positive person. I am a force for good. I will make a positive difference. I will take control of my life," at the command of an author out to make a difference in young kids lives.
Gary Moore, author of Playing with the Enemey, spoke to the sixth-graders of Minooka Junior High May 10 after making a deal with Connor Graham, who met Moore at a book signing event in Chicago in December. At their meeting Moore promised Graham if he read his book that he would come to his literature class as part of his book report. Read more...
Readers are leaders, Leaders are readers
Daily Review Atlas
Thursday, May 17th 2007
 Author Gary Moore spoke to Jonalyn Heaton's eighth grade literature classes at Monmouth-Roseville Junior High on Monday, May 14. During each class period he stressed the importance of reading in order to be successful in life. Moore, the author of Playing with the Enemy, just released last September, is also a musician, motivational speaker, and president of Covenant Air & Water, LLC. He said that when he interviews prospective employees the first thing he asks is, "What book are you reading now?" Eighth grader Eddie Miller, when asked by the author what book he was reading at the present time, replied, "Playing with the Enemy." Moore laughingly responded, "You're hired." Read more...
Making Dreams Reality
Author keeps his promise, delivers talk in Minooka
By Peter Krowiak, Herald Reporter
Friday, May 11th 2007
 MINOOKA - His own experience plays as a perfect example of his message.
“Your dreams can become your reality,” author Gary Moore said.
Moore was a guest speaker at Minooka Junior High School Thursday afternoon. His presence was the result of a kind of wager he made with one of the school's sixth-grade students, Connor Graham.
“It was pretty cool how he talked in front of the whole school,” Connor said.
 Connor had met Moore at a book signing in a Borders book store in Chicago in December. Moore was signing copies of his first book, “Playing with the Enemy,” and Connor bought a copy.
At that time, Moore told Connor that if the young man finished reading the book and did a book report on it, he would visit Connor's school to “put a bow on the report.”
Connor said he was a bit skeptical about whether or not Moore would follow through with his promise and said he was surprised that he did. Read more...
Illinois Writer, Businessman to Speak at Salvation Army Awards Event
By Jeff Tecklenburg of the Muscatine Journal
Friday, May 4th 2007
MUSCATINE, Iowa — The success of Illinois resident Gary Moore’s recent book isn’t because he’s a Christian author, he insists.
Instead, he describes himself as an author who is a Christian and “writes for anyone. There are Christian principles I incorporate that people of all faiths may be touched by,” said Moore. “That’s one way I believe God is working through me.”
The 52-year-old writer, business entrepreneur, musician and motivational speaker, who resides in Bourbonnais, Ill., near Chicago, will be the guest speaker at the annual Salvation Army Civic Awards Dinner, scheduled for Friday, May 11, at the Muscatine Holiday Inn. The public is invited. Read more...
Father Leaves Legacy on Frontlines and Field
by Evan Lahti, DuPage Christian Magazine
May/June, 2007
Sports are a familiar avenue for parents to build relationships with their sons and daughters. Seeing your child's career as a shortstop, center, or midfielder develop alongside their youth is a special process, even if carting them to practices, tryouts, and tournaments can get tiresome. Sports allow dads and moms to mentor: it's often easier to get a message across about selflessness, working together, or persistence when you've got a racket or a glove in hand. It's also an opportunity for kids to learn more about their parents and to share their own history in athletics. Read more...
Saturday, April 14th 2007
Authors Fair
Kankakee Public Library
Kankakee, IL
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Guantanamo Detainees To Play American Baseball,
Reports Savas Beatie
by PR-Free.com
Thursday, March 29th, 2007
President Bush believes baseball brings people together and helps explain Western values. Games will pit traveling American naval team against willing Muslim inmates.
EL DORADO HILS, Calif. / PR FREE / Mar 29 2007 --
A source inside the Pentagon confirmed today that some of the prisoners held at Guantanamo have been offered the opportunity to participate in America’s favorite pastime: baseball. Their opponents will be American servicemen. The decision is part of an extensive new outreach effort to create better relations between the United States and the Muslim world.
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Dodger Minor Leaguer Taught Baseball to Germans
By Tot Holmes, Publisher
Sunday, March 25th, 2007
Gary Moore, a first-time author, does an excellent job of telling the story of his father, Gene, a highly recruited 15-year-old baseball phenomenon from a small, poor town in southern Illinois whose promising career was interrupted by World War II. The unusual book has already been snapped up by a Hollywood film company that will begin shooting the story later this year.
The story winds from small-town baseball diamonds to northern Africa, from a steamy military post in Louisiana to a minor league ballpark in Mississippi.
Moore, who lives in suburban Chicago, began the book immediately after his father survived a heart attack, realizing that he will not live forever and finally convinced him that his story should be told.
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Playing with the Enemy is Soon to Be a Movie!
WOAI-TV News 4, San Antonio Living
Monday, March 5th, 2007
If you are a baseball fanatic, then [Playing with the Enemy] will be very interesting to you...
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Stranded Base Runner
By M. Solis , San Antonio Current
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
Playing with the Enemy is a great read for lovers of baseball, history buffs, or anyone who ever played catch with their father. A very personal story that collides with great historical forces, it already has been picked up by Oscar-winning producer Gerald Molen for a feature film. Think Big Fish meets Field of Dreams, with a dash of Bull Durham thrown in. The film adaptation is currently in pre-production and Gary’s son, actor Toby Moore, is slated to play his late grandfather.
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WWII Baseball Story Also Tells of Life, Dad
By Dave Zweifel, editor, The Capital Times (Madison, WI)
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
"For all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: It might have been." - John Greenleaf Whittier
That passage by the acclaimed 19th century Quaker poet not only graces the introduction to Gary Moore's Playing With the Enemy, but succinctly sums up a story that is as American as the great game of baseball itself.
Moore, a first-time author, does a masterful job of telling the story of his father, Gene, a highly recruited 15-year-old baseball phenomenon from a small, poor town in southern Illinois whose promising career was interrupted by a little something called World War II.
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Shattered Dreams and Broken Bats
HOBART: Author signs book at store about father's baseball passion
by Royal M. Hopper III, Times Correspondent
Sunday, February 11th, 2007
HOBART | Best-selling author Gary Moore has an unqualified love for the hero of his latest book.
The character is a sympathetic everyman, a teenage baseball prodigy whose promising career is detoured by World War II. The character is like family in very real ways.
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Book Captures WWII Story of Sailor Who Taught Baseball to German Prisoners
By KELSEY HOLM, Courier Staff Writer
Saturday, January 27th 2007
"As I recounted the stories to friends over the years, they said, 'That should be a book,' said Gary Moore. 'I almost didn't tell the story, because if my father didn't want to tell it, I didn't have the right to.'
In 2002, as his mother was dying, she convinced Gary that her husband's story was one that should be told, that it was important the family know who Gene Moore really was.
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Author Tells of His Father’s Life With Baseball, War, Changes
By Mary Louise Speer
Monday, January 22nd 2007
Sometimes life interrupts what should be the most wonderful time of a person’s life.
People who dream of doing something great with their lives will identify with the story, said the Rev. Del Preston, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church.
“This is a book that will resonate with anyone who has humble beginnings,” he said. “It will also reverberate with anyone who has had circumstances that interrupt that dream.”
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Playing With The Enemy, Great Non Fiction
Monday, January 22nd 2007
I am generally not a reader of full length books, and prefer quick reference articles, pictures, etc. However I could not put this one down and got through it in about a week of a chapter at lunch time during the work day, then practically the whole second half of it yesterday.
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STARRED REVIEW by Publishers Weekly
Monday, January 15th 2007
 In 1940, at just 15 years old, small-town baseball star Gene Moore was signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers, who saw in him the potential to become one of the great catchers of all time. Before that could happen, though, WWII intervened.
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Sesser hopes for attention from Oprah, NYC
By LEAH NICOLE WILLIAMS
Tuesday, January 16th 2007
SESSER — With one out and nobody on, Mayor Ned Mitchell steps up once again to the batter’s box in hopes of scoring one for Sesser...
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HollyWood.com
Saturday, January 13th 2007
A 15-year-old prodigy drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1940 joins the Navy. He is sent on a secret mission to guard German POW's during which he teaches enemy soldiers how to play baseball.
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Small Illinois Town Turns to America's Mayor After Bloomberg Snub
by PRWeb, Press Release Newswire
Friday, January 12th 2007
El Dorado Hills, CA (PRWEB) January 12, 2007 -- After issuing several letters to New York City's Mayor Bloomberg, the small-town mayor of Sesser, Illinois, is taking his case to America's Mayor -- Rudy Giuliani.
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Book Signing in Davenport
by WHBF-TV, 4 Eyewitness News
Thursday, January 11th 2007
Author Gary Moore will have a book signing from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble, NorthPark Mall, 320 W. Kimberly Rd., Davenport. He will also discuss his book Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams. It is the story of Gary’s father Gene Moore, who played baseball during World War II.
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Book Signing in Davenport
by Churches United, of the Quad City Area
Thursday, January 11th 2007
Author Gary W. Moore will be in Davenport, Iowa January 19 and 20 for three events to promote his new book Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams.
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New Year, Second Chance for New York City's Mayor Bloomberg to Answer Challenge to Sesser Mayor's "Book Duel"
by PRWeb, Press Release Newswire
Wednesday, January 4th 2007
Although one month has passed since his first letter, Sesser Mayor Ned Mitchell is demanding the respect he deserves as a fellow elected American office holder: the dignity of Mayor Bloomberg's response. "I trust the most powerful mayor in the world is not afraid of a little one-on-one and will welcome a duel of hometown baseball books," Mitchell says.
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Sesser Makes Homemade Video to Attract Oprah
BY JIM MUIR, THE SOUTHERN
Saturday, December 23rd 2006
 SESSER - While MTV shouldn't be concerned about competition just yet, STV -that's "Sesser Television" - did get off the ground briefly Friday afternoon when a homemade video was shot in front of the Opera House Restaurant.
A grassroots effort that has taken hold to attract the attention of television talk show star Oprah Winfrey went to video this week at two different locations in this small Franklin County community.
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Book Review
by REGINA ANGELI, Books Writer
Thursday, December 21th, 2006
Playing With The Enemy by Gary W. Moore (Savas Beatie Publishing) is the heart-wrenching biography of the author's father, Gene Moore, a once-promising baseball catcher whose big league career is derailed by his service in World War II.
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Local Literary Challenge
by The Daily Journal
Sunday, December 17th, 2006
Mitchell, the mayor of the small Midwestern town featured in Gary Moore's new award-winning Playing with the Enemy, has challenged New York City's Mayor Michael Bloomberg to the equivalent of literary dueling pistols at 20 paces. In Bloomberg's corner is New York's own hometown baseball story, The Echoing Green by Joshua Prager.
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Tuesday, December 12th 2006
NDPR
Hear it Now with Merrill Piepkorn
Fargo, ND
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The wackiest “Challenge Trade” ever!
by Baseball Think Factory
Friday, December 8th 2006
When Sesser Mayor Ned Mitchell throws out a challenge he doesn’t fool around. He sets his sights really high. Mitchell, who has served as the top elected official in Sesser (population 2,228) for more than 25 years, has declared “literary war” against Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City (population 8,143,197). Along with that, Mitchell is also leading a public relations campaign aimed at getting the attention of television megastar Oprah Winfrey.
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Sesser Issues Challenge to New York City
BY JIM MUIR, THE SOUTHERN
Friday, December 8th 2006
SESSER - When Sesser Mayor Ned Mitchell throws out a challenge he doesn't fool around. He sets his sights really high.
In a letter sent to Bloomberg Monday, Mitchell issued a friendly but open challenge: "Our baseball story is better than yours and we are willing to wager equal reviews to prove it."
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Wednesday, December 6th 2006
KVON-AM 1440
Morning Edition with Jeff Schectman
San Francisco, CA
http://www.kvon.com/
Wednesday, December 6th 2006
WHJJ-FM 920
Helen Glover Show
Providence, RI
http://www.whjjam.com/main.html
Wednesday, December 6th 2006
KNET 1450 AM
The Bullpen with Branch
with Host Greg Branch
Athens, Texas
http://www.1450knet.com/who.html
Wednesday, December 6th 2006
WMBS-AM 590
The Jack Evans Show
Uniontown, PA
http://www.wmbs590.com/
The Mayor That Roared -- Sesser (Southern Illinois) Mayor Challenges New York City's Mayor Bloomberg to a "Book Duel"
by U.S. Politics Today
Monday, December 4th 2006
If Mayor Bloomberg encourages the New York media to fairly review Playing with the Enemy, Mayor Mitchell will see that The Echoing Green gets a fair and honest review from The Southern Illinoisan newspaper, headquartered in Carbondale, Illinois.
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The Mayor That Roared -- Sesser (Southern Illinois) Mayor Challenges New York City's Mayor Bloomberg to a "Book Duel"
by U.S. Politics Today
Monday, December 4th 2006
In the spirit of Leonard Wibberley's 1959 novel The Mouse That Roared, Mayor Ned Mitchell of Sesser, Illinois, has declared "literary war" against Mayor Michael Bloomberg and The Big Apple. Mitchell, the mayor of the small Midwestern town featured in Gary Moore's recently released award-winning Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams, has challenged the New York City's Mayor Michael Bloomberg to the equivalent of literary dueling pistols at 20 paces. In Bloomberg's corner is New York's own hometown baseball story, The Echoing Green by Joshua Prager.
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The Mayor That Roared -- Sesser (Southern Illinois) Mayor Challenges New York City's Mayor Bloomberg to a "Book Duel"
by eMediaWire, A PRWeb.com Newswire
Monday, December 4th 2006
In the spirit of Leonard Wibberley's 1959 novel The Mouse That Roared, Mayor Ned Mitchell of Sesser, Illinois, has declared "literary war" against Mayor Michael Bloomberg and The Big Apple. Mitchell, the mayor of the small Midwestern town featured in Gary Moore's recently released award-winning Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams, has challenged the New York City's Mayor Michael Bloomberg to the equivalent of literary dueling pistols at 20 paces. In Bloomberg's corner is New York's own hometown baseball story, The Echoing Green by Joshua Prager.
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Gary Moore, Author of the Year Candidate
by Topix.Net, Local News for the World
Monday, December 4th 2006
If you haven't heard of Gary Moore you must not have read my earlier review of his book, Playing with the Enemy.
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The Mayor That Roared -- Sesser (Southern Illinois) Mayor Challenges New York City's Mayor Bloomberg to a "Book Duel"
by PRWeb, Press Release Newswire
Monday, December 4th 2006
In the spirit of Leonard Wibberley's 1959 novel The Mouse That Roared, Mayor Ned Mitchell of Sesser, Illinois, has declared "literary war" against Mayor Michael Bloomberg and The Big Apple. Mitchell, the mayor of the small Midwestern town featured in Gary Moore's recently released award-winning Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams, has challenged the New York City's Mayor Michael Bloomberg to the equivalent of literary dueling pistols at 20 paces. In Bloomberg's corner is New York's own hometown baseball story, The Echoing Green by Joshua Prager.
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Author making special trip to Sesser for book signing
BY JIM MUIR, THE SOUTHERN
Saturday, November 18th, 2006
SESSER - For author Gary Moore the trip to Sesser this weekend will bring him full circle.
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Day Break Interviews Gary Moore
Friday, November 17 at 6:35 a.m. CT
USA Radio
Day Break USA with Al Lerner and Scott West
WSIU Public Broadcasting Interviews Gary Moore
Thursday, November 16 at 11 a.m. CT
WSIU-FM 91.9
The Mark Johnson Show Interviews Gary Moore
Thursday, November 16 at 9:05 a.m.
WDEV-AM 550 and FM 96.1
The Mark Johnson Show
Burlington, VT
The Brent Clanton Morning Show
Friday, November 10th, 2006 TIME: 6:00 a.m., Veteran's Day
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BizRadio1360/KMNY-AM, Dallas
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Trevecca Nazarene University
A Christian University Near the Heart of Nashville
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
Author Gary Moore speaks on the topic of his new book, Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams."
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History Book Club selects PLAYING WITH THE ENEMY #8 on Top Ten list!
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
CASEY AWARD GIVES BOOK HONORABLE MENTION!
The CASEY Award was inaugurated in 1983 by Mike Shannon and W.J. Harrison, the editors and co-founders of Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine, to specifically honor the authors and publishers of outstanding baseball books. When he informed Moore of his award, Shannon wrote: “…enjoyed it a great deal. Nice job! …it has been named as an Honorable Mention for 2006 and will be listed as such in the CASEY Banquet program. The competition this year was unusually fierce. Thanks for giving us a chance to include your book. We will put it on display at the CASEY Banquet.”
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READING ROOM
By BRYAN FRENCH, STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
Gene Moore was a small-town teenager from rural Illinois.
That's when he was spotted by a scout for the Brooklyn Dodgers, and his life was changed forever -- but not in the way he or his fans in Sesser assumed it would be.
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A Strong Mason City Connection To A New Book
by Kristine Ward, Mason City, IA (KIMT)
Sunday, October 29th, 2006
Gary W. Moore just finished a book called, Playing with the Enemy.
Moore tells KIMT NewsChannel 3, "I was very close with my father and writing this story really brought him back to life and so the last 3 years i kind of lived with him again and it's been a wonderful blessing."
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The Jan Mickelson Show
Friday, October 27th, 2006 TIME: 10:00 a.m.
Podcasts and downloads available online
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Book has North Iowa ties
By JAMIE SUHR, Of The Globe Gazette
Thurssday, October 26th, 2006
MASON CITY — Gary Moore’s book, soon to be made into a movie, has a distinct Mason City flair.
The book, Playing with the Enemy, was published by Ted Savas of Savas Beatie LLC, the introduction was written by John Skipper and the cover was designed by Jim Zach — all former or current Mason City residents.
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The ‘Enigma’ camp: how German POWs learned the game of baseball
By Mike Roberts, Village Life Staff writer
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
El Dorado Hills publisher Ted Savas has just published Playing with the Enemy, an intergenerational story of a baseball prodigy, a world at war, and a field of broken dreams.
GARY MOORE heard his father’s story about the secret German POW camp and how they learned baseball in five hours of conversation the night before his father died.
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Ankarlo.Net
Darrell Ankarlo Show
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
Clint Granberry from the Darrell Ankarlo Show will Interview Gary Moore live at 6:30 a.m.
Daily Journal
by Bill Guertin
Friday, October 20th, 2006
Still time to make the most out of life
There are very few of us in the world whose lives are interesting enough to have a book and a major motion picture written about us. There are even fewer of us who would ever know the author of such a story.
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ICTN: Conversations
interviewed by Pam Lange
Wednesday, October 16th, 18th, & 19th 2006
Show times on ICTN 1 - Channel 16 (Time Warner) – Channel 30 (Verizon):
- Monday, October 16th – 4:30 p.m. CST
- Wednesday, October 18th – 6:00 p.m. CST
- Thursday, October 19th – 5:00 p.m. CST
Inspired by true events, Playing with the Enemy is the riveting story of a depression-era youth and his brush with destiny. Author Gary Moore did not learn of his father’s remarkable odyssey through World War II and the hardships of minor league baseball until the day before his death.
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Discussion with Author Gary Moore
by Pressconnects.com, Press & Sun-Bulletin for Greater Binghamton, NY
Thursday, October 12th 2006
Discussion with Author Gary Moore, Playing With the Enemy; Barnes & Noble, Town Square Mall, 2443 Vestal Parkway E., Vestal. 2:30 p.m. 770-9505
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Tuesday, October 10th 2006
Interview with Roger Hedgecock
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Author shares father's life story
by Gloria Beverage
Tuesday, October 10th 2006
Playing with the Enemy soon to be a Motion Picture
In writing his father's life story, Gary Moore was able to bring his hero back to life.
"He died when I was 29," Moore said, "He came back to life in my mind, but in the end I had to let him go again."
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Calendar of NYC Events
Gothem Gazette, New York City News and Policy
Monday, October 9th 2006
Gary Moore Book Signing
Author Gary W. Moore will discuss and sign copies of Playing With the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War and a Field of Broken Dreams.
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Moore discusses and signs his book
Literary Events on Metro Active
Wednesday, October 4th 2006
Moore discusses and signs his book, Playing With the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War and a Field of Broken Dreams. Fri., Oct. 6, 7pm. Borders Books, 356 Santana Row, Suite 1030, San Jose (South Bay/Silicon Valley), 408.241.9100.
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ICTN: Conversations
interviewed by Pam Lange
Wednesday, October 4th 2006
Inspired by true events, Playing with the Enemy is the riveting story of a depression-era youth and his brush with destiny. Author Gary Moore did not learn of his father’s remarkable odyssey through World War II and the hardships of minor league baseball until the day before his death.
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Playing With the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, A World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams
Another Review at MyShelf.Com
Wednesday, October 4th 2006
History is about the people who lived it, and here is a baseball and World War II story that brings this extraordinary time in our country's history alive, along with the people who made it fascinating. You will laugh and cry, and never forget it.
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Salesman Personalizes Training on Biographical Book Tour
by Amy Yarnall
Monday, October 2nd 2006
Visiting Author Has Twofold Objective: Teaching, Promoting
Selling vacuum cleaners door-to-door while in college led Illinois sales and marketing professional Gary Moore up the path of success.
A national book tour has Moore landing in America’s Finest City this month.
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Book Signings
Readers' Calendar of Events
Witerspace announces the Playing with the Enemy Book Signing Events.
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Playing with the Enemy Has Everything a Good Book Needs
by Bob Frisk Asst. Managing Editor/Sports
Saturday, September 30th 2006
When a baseball book is done right, it can be unbelievably good. Roger Kahn’s Boys of Summer was a masterpiece.
Moore’s Playing with the Enemy is another masterpiece, an emotional journey. I can understand why Hollywood is going to make this inspirational story into a major movie.
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Playing with the Enemy
Posted by: Sandra Schoffstall
Thursday, September 28th, 2006 - 12:11 AM
I just finished reading Playing With the Enemy and I want to suggest that everyone consider finding a copy of this book, get it and enjoy reading it. It is captivating from the beginning to the end (don't even skip reading the foreword by Jim Morris of "The Rookie" story).
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Rating: 5 Stars
by Beverly Rowe
Tuesday, September 26th 2006
Playing with the Enemy
This is one of the best biographies I have ever read. It's about Gene Moore, a baseball prodigy who was called up by the Brooklyn Dodgers when he was only 15 years old. One of the best catchers ever to play the game.
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Days of Yore
by Jesse Hyde
Tuesday, September 26th 2006
Moore tells his father's tale
Gary W. Moore never knew that his father once had a promising major-league baseball career. At 15, his papa, Gene Moore, was the best catcher anyone in his small town of Sesser, Illinois, had ever seen
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Plan your life in 60 seconds: Book Signing
Dallas Morning News
Tuesday, September 26th 2006
Gary Moore, author of Playing With the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams, will have a book signing at Barnes and Noble at Lincoln Park at 7:30 p.m.
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Field of broken dreams
by Staff reports
Sunday, September 24th 2006
Gary W. Moore, son of a one-time 15-year-old baseball prodigy, Gene Moore, will sign copies of his book Playing With the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War and a Field of Broken Dreams (Savas Beatie, $29.95) from 5-7 p.m. Monday at Steve's Sundry, Books and Magazines, 2612 S. Harvard Ave.
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Rantings of a Civil War Historian
by civilwarcavalry.com
Saturday, September 23rd 2006
I Can Only Hope This Happens to Me Someday…
Ted Savas recently published a book titled Playing With the Enemy. The book tells the story of Gene Moore, whose extremely promising baseball career was interrupted by World War II.
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Montgomery Community Events: AUTHOR LECTURE AND LUNCH
Friday, September 22nd 2006
Playing With the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War and a Field of Broken Dreams
Gary W. Moore discusses Playing With the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War and a Field of Broken Dreams, a story about Moore's father, whose promising baseball career became intertwined with World War II and German prisoners of war.
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New Books
Washington City Paper
Friday, September 22nd 2006
GARY W. MOORE discusses and signs Playing With the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams. Books-A-Million, 11 Dupont Circle NW. Sat., 9/23, at 6:30 p.m. Free. (202) 319-1374.
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GARY W MOORE INTERVIEW at the Pritzker Military Library
interviewer Ryan Yantis, Lt. Col., U.S. Army, Retired
Friday, September 15th 2006
Tonight at the Pritzker: Playing with the Enemy
Tonight at the Pritzker Exclusive Webcast Interview With Gary W. Moore, Author of Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War and a Field of Broken Dreams.
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Academy Award Winning Producer, Gerald R. Molen, to Produce Author Gary W. Moore's Extraordinary New Book, Playing with the Enemy
by PRWeb, Press Release Newswire
Thursday, September 14th 2006
PHOENIX, AZ (PRWEB) September 14, 2006 -- Gary W. Moore’s new non-fiction book, Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams based on the story of his father’s World War II experience after being drafted into Major League Baseball, has been optioned by Academy Award® winning producer Gerald R. Molen’s company, WhiteLight Entertainment. A news conference announcing the details of the film deal will be held at 9 a.m., Thursday, September 14th at the U-505 Submarine exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, IL.
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ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING PRODUCER GERALD R. MOLEN (SCHINDLER’S LIST) TO PRODUCE AUTHOR GARY W. MOORE’S EXTRAORDINARY NEW BOOK, PLAYING WITH THE ENEMY
by ArriveNet.com
Thursday, September 14th 2006
The screenplay was written by White Light’s Head of Development, David Ranes, and the book author’s son, Toby Moore. Toby Moore will also portray his grandfather (the lead character, Gene Moore) on screen.
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Gerald R. Molen Is Playing with the Enemy
by Flora Jean of AceShowBiz
Wednesday, September 13th 2006
The flow of film adaptations seems to go on more heavily nowadays. Trailing behind those who have revealed their plan to make such features, prolific producer Gerald R. Molen has come up with a new one entitled Playing with the Enemy based on Gary W. Moore's recently published nonfiction book of the same title.
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Gerald Molen to Develop Lupin the 3rd
by Mark Beall, Cinematical
Tuesday, September 12th 2006
Producer Gerald R. Molen recently laid claim to two major projects, one a sports drama adapted from a book about baseballers in World War II called Playing With the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, A World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams; the other, Lupin the 3rd.
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Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy Movie News
by Rich Bradley, Real Movie News
Tuesday, September 12th 2006
Producer Gerald R. Molen is developing Gary W. Moore's sports drama Playing With the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams via his WhiteLight Entertainment production company.
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Teaching "Baseball" To The Nazis
by Garth Franklin, source Variety
Tuesday, September 12th 2006
Gerald R. Molen is developing Gary W. Moore's sports drama
After being drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers as a 15-year-old prodigy in 1940, Gene Moore joined the Navy and was sent on a secret mission to guard German POWs during which he taught enemy soldiers how to play baseball.
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Molen Developing Enemy & Lupin the 3rd
source Variety
Tuesday, September 12th 2006
Producer Gerald R. Molen (Schindler's List) is developing Gary W. Moore's sports drama "Playing With the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams" via his WhiteLight Entertainment production company. The project starts shooting in February.
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Playing with the Enemy Movie News
by Empire Online(source Variety)
Tuesday, September 12th 2006
True-life war baseball memoir adapted
Gerald R Molen, who has produced several Spielberg movies, has snapped up the rights with cash from his Whitelight entertainment production company.
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Molen Plays "Baseball" With The Enemy
by Mooviees!
Tuesday, September 12th 2006
Frequent Spielberg collaborating producer Gerald R. Molen is developing Gary W. Moore's sports drama Playing With the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams via WhiteLight Entertainment reports Variety.
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BBTF's Newsblog Discussion: Teaching “Baseball” To The Nazis
by Baseball Think Factory
Tuesday, September 12th 2006
Frequent Spielberg collaborating producer Gerald R. Molen is developing Gary W. Moore’s sports drama Playing With the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams via WhiteLight Entertainment reports Variety.
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'Enemy' Goes To Bat
by OhGenki, Singapore
Tuesday, September 12th 2006
Film News: Moore's nonfiction book circles bigscreen bases -- Producer Gerald R. Molen ("Schindler's List") is developing Gary W. Moore's sports drama Playing With the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams via his WhiteLight Entertainment banner.
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Movie News for Playing With the Enemy
by Boxoffice Prophets
Tuesday, September 12th 2006
Molen Options Playing with the Enemy
Produced Gerald R. Molen (Schindler's List) has optioned Gary W. Moore's nonfiction book Playing With the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams.
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'Enemy' goes to bat
by Dave McNary, Variety.com
Monday, September 11th 2006
Moore's nonfiction book circles bigscreen bases
Producer Gerald R. Molen ("Schindler's List") is developing Gary W. Moore's sports drama Playing With the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams via his WhiteLight Entertainment banner.
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Gerald Molen starts Playing with the Enemy
by MovieWeb
Monday, September 11th 2006
Playing with the Enemy is set to start shooting in February.
Gerald R. Molen has picked up the rights to the sports drama novel, Playing With the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams, through his WhiteLight Entertainment banner.
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GARY W MOORE INTERVIEW ON AUTHORLINK.COM
by Authorlink.com
Tuesday, 17 August 2006
Broken Dreams and Second Chances: Debut Author Headed for the Big Time!
An Authorlink Exclusive Audio Interview With Gary W. Moore Author of PLAYING WITH THE ENEMY: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War and a Field of Broken Dreams. Listen to the full interview here ...
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GARY W MOORE INTERVIEW at the Pritzker Military Library
interviewer Ryan Yantis, Lt. Col., U.S. Army, Retired
Thursday, July 13th 2006
Tonight at the Pritzker: Playing with the Enemy
Playing with the Enemy (PWTE) is the riveting story of one depression-era youth and his brush with destiny. PWTE is a poignant look at the life of Moore’s father, Gene, a 15-year old baseball phenomenon, headed for stardom when he was drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers. Gene’s destiny was interrupted by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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THE LATEST REVIEW OF PLAYING WITH THE ENEMY!
Friday, 7 July 2006
Mueller sought out the American's hand and gripped it tightly. "We are proud of what you have taught us--all of us are. We are grateful to you and your team."
Everyone likes a success story, the struggle of an underdog to overcome long odds and achieve glory. Just as popular are the stories where one blessed with extraordinary talents reaches his full potential, awing those around him. Gary Moore’s Playing With the Enemy is the story of his father, Gene Moore, a story he only discovered by chance.
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TUESDAY JUNE 13 HEAR PLAYING WITH THE ENEMY AUTHOR GARY W MOORE, LIVE on MORNINGS @ HOME fm
Wednesday, 7 June 2006
Friday June 13, 2006 @ 8:30 AM EST Listen via the web!
Hear Gary W. Moore, Author of Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War and a Field of Broken Dreams, live, Tuesday @ 8:30 AM Eastern Standard Time on MORNINGS @ HOME fm!
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The Father and the Son
by Rochelle McAvoy
Thursday, 16 February 2006
Impromptu "The Best of Everything" Magazine - Spring 2006
What began as a personal journey to preserve his father's life story developed into a book written by local resident, Gary Moore.
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A Freedom Story
by Marilee McInnis
Tuesday, 31 January 2006
Pubished in the February 2006 'Southwest Airlines Spirit' Inflight Magazine!
Author, Speaker, Business Leader and Southwest Frequent Flyer, Gary W. Moore, featured in award-winning publication
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Honor Thy Father
by Marleen Shepherd
Sunday, 19 June 2005
A man reconnects with his father through book on his life
Recruitment seemed imminent for the Sesser farm boy who loved baseball more than anything in the world. But a funny thing happened on the way to the Major Leagues: Pearl Harbor.
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