Jim Pransky
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Sports or Recreation |
| Occupation | Baseball instructor, writer, teacher, former professional scout |
| Location | Davenport, Iowa, United States |
| Introduction | Recently retired after a 35 year plus career of being a classroom teacher, college baseball coach and professional baseball scout. Oakland's 2001 Scout of the Year. Currently a baseball instructor and writer- 13 books published. Uses blog site (dankoandmanuel.blogspot.com for various works (fiction, non-fiction, short stories, novelettes, essays.2025- Returned to baseball as an indoor instructor-all ages. |
| Interests | Writing, music, teaching, spending time at home with cats, Teddy and Sandy. Has recently published his memoir and the story of his climb to professional baseball scouting: "Baseball's Test of Scouting" A Man's Unlikely Odyssey Into the Scouting World.- can be found on Amazon |
| Favorite movies | Tombstone, Sleepers, The Last of the Mohicans, Field of Dreams. Saving Private Ryan, The Big Lebowski, Rudderlesss |
| Favorite music | Jeff Buckley, Bruce Springsteen, Doobie Brothers, Chicago, Roy Orbison, Arcade Fire, Eagles, Lissie |
| Favorite books | Catcher in the Rye. The Prince of Tides. Some sports biographies; Gene Tunney, Roger Maris, Jerry West, etc. Grapes of Wrath, The Outsiders |
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