Baltimore Baseball & Barbecue with Boog Powell: Stories from the Orioles' Smokey Slugger

by Rob Kasper, Boog Powell, Jim Burger (Photographer)

Overview

Since he started smacking long balls for the Baltimore Orioles, John "Boog" Powell has enjoyed the gustatory delights of his adopted hometown. A four-time All-Star and a fixture in two World Series, Boog also knows how to make one heck of a pit beef sandwich. Backyard barbecues at Boog's Baltimore row house were once a post-game tradition for the team. After hanging up his spikes, the former MVP set up his now iconic barbecue operation at Camden Yards. Baltimore author Rob Kasper takes a behind-the-scenes look at the life of this smoky slugger from his Florida boyhood through his rise to major-league glory and beyond. Told in Boog's colorful style, this rollicking journey is spiced with recipes and topped off with interviews from former teammates like Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson and Jim Palmer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626195783
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	07/15/2014
Series:	American Palate
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	707,705
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

This is the second book Rob Kasper has written for The History Press. The first, Baltimore Beer: A Satisfying History of Charm City Brewing," was published in 2011. Prior to writing books, he was a features columnist for the Baltimore Sun. During his thirty-three years at the Sun, joining in 1978 leaving in 2011, he won numerous writing awards and authored a nationally syndicated food column. A native of Dodge City, Kansas, he now lives in a Baltimore row house with his wife Judith. They have two sons. John "Boog" Powell is a former major league baseball player. During his sixteen seasons in the big leagues he played for the Baltimore Orioles, the Cleveland Indians and the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was a four-time All Star; a prominent member of two World Champion Oriole teams, 1966 and 1970; and in 1970 was named the American League's Most Valuable Player. In 1992 at the debut of Oriole Park at Camden he opened Boog's BBQ. He and his wife, Jan, have three children. This is his second book. Jim Burger has been a professional photographer in Baltimore since 1982. He learned his craft at the Maryland Institute College of Art, and he learned his trade at the Baltimore City Paper and the Baltimore Sun. At the Sun he worked alongside Rob Kasper and collaborated with him on "Baltimore Beer: A Satisfying History Of Charm City Brewing." His work has appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the San Francisco Examiner and the Los Angeles Times. He is a lifelong baseball fan."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 7

Boog's Introduction 11

1 Early Years 17

2 A Teenage Slugger 27

3 The Minors 34

4 Little Noticed Debut 48

5 Years of Glory and Backyard Barbecues 56

6 Sweet Start to the '70s 74

7 Japan 85

8 Days of Disappointment 93

9 Off to Cleveland and Los Angeles 99

10 Life after Baseball 104

11 The Pit Beef Bonanza 114

12 Boog's Kitchen 125

13 Teammates Have Their Say 140

Bibliography 151

About the Authors and the Photographer 157