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Tim Manners, co-author of Waite Hoyt’s memoir “Schoolboy: The Untold Journey of a Yankees Hero,” said details of a friendship between Hoyt and Diego Rivera aren’t clear, but it likely started when Hoyt provided Rivera with tickets to Ebbets Field to watch him pitch while with the Dodgers in 1932, writes Larry Holder.

Emmy Award-winning journalist Mark Sudol and his team at News 12 paid a visit one morning and produced a wonderful segment about Schoolboy!

A scuffle with Babe Ruth, frying eels with Lou Gehrig and drinking champagne with Al Capone - these were just some of the peculiarities that came up during a wild and wooly interview about Schoolboy Waite Hoyt’s new memoir with the inimitable Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo on Sirius XM. Buckle up for the full interview!

Tim Manners talks "Schoolboy" with Bruce Markusen
at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown!

Steve Adubato is joined by Tim Manners to highlight the accomplishments of Waite “Schoolboy” Hoyt, the ace pitcher of the legendary 1927 New York Yankees.

"Writer Tim Manners totally captures the voice of Hoyt, the Hall of Fame pitcher from Babe Ruth's 1927 Yankees who broadcast Reds games for Burger Beer from 1942 to 1965." Read the full piece by John Kiesewetter.

*Baseball Hall of Famer Waite Hoyt was a born storyteller. Surprisingly … there was a lot more to Hoyt than his stories,” writes Jeff Seuss.

"Schoolboy" co-author Tim Manners appears on
"Out of Bounds" with Myles Holliday,
93.1 The Fan, ESPN Radio.

“What is so intriguing about the book is that it recounts one story after another, told by one of the best-known storytellers ... Brings back a flood of summer memories!” writes Daniel M. Linnenberg in the Journal of Baseball History and Culture

LA Dodgers All-Star Ron Cey welcomes Tim Manners, author of “Schoolboy: The Untold Journey of a Yankees Hero,” the biography of Waite “Schoolboy” Hoyt told in Hoyt's own words.

A surprisingly entertaining book,” writes the former ESPN, Fox Sports, and SB Nation sportswriter.

In an excerpt from his memoir, Waite Hoyt, the ace pitcher of the 1927 Yankees, details his decade in pinstripes.

Tim Manners talks "Schoolboy" with the legendary Brigitte Quinn's News Line on The Voice of Connecticut WICC 600 AM & 95.9 FM.

Morning Xtra interview with Julie O’Neill in Cincinnati.

Waite Hoyt is the subject of a great new book by Westport author Tim Manners. “Schoolboy: The Untold Journey of a Yankees Hero” is out just in time for the start of a new baseball season, writes Dan Woog.

"Tufts alum Tim Manners brings three-time World Series champion Waite Hoyt to life in “Schoolboy: The Untold Journey of a Yankees Hero,”
writes Emily Brognano

Blindsidingly fantastic. Could be the most entertaining and don’t-put-down baseball book for the ’24 season,” writes Tom Hoffarth.

Hall of Famer Waite Hoyt was a member of the 1927 NY Yankees. A teammate of Babe Ruth on two teams (Yankees and Red Sox).
Written by Waite Hoyt and Tim Manners, this is a fascinating look into the life of Waite Hoyt who was also a long time broadcaster with the Cincinnati Reds.

Schoolboy: The Untold Journey of a Yankees Hero is a must read — told with stunning candor and detail in the very words of Waite Hoyt, assembled and organized expertly by Tim Manners.

Bruce Pratt of WZON-AM in Bangor, Maine, talks with Tim Manners about SCHOOLBOY, the wonderful new book on Hall of Fame pitcher and broadcaster Waite Hoyt.

Tim Manners Podcast Interview with Scott Bolohan.

John Voperian of "Beyond the Game" interviews "Schoolboy" co-author Tim Manners.

“Tim Manners wound up writing an autobiography of #Yankees great and #Reds announcer Waite Hoyt. The miracle is, Hoyt passed 40 years ago, in 1984. The book? It sat unfinished in a box of Hoyt's things. Fate waited for someone to discover its existence … Magic.”
- Pete A Turner

Q&A about “Schoolboy" with members of the Clyde Sukeforth Chapter of SABR.

“Though all the pictures of Hoyt are black-and-white, this autobiography is as colorful and relevant as they come,” writes Zach Koenig of Twinkie Town.

Bob D’Angelo of the Cox Media Group
says “Schoolboy” was “worth the wait.”

Waite Hoyt’s life was a puzzle. Picking up the pieces was pure joy. By Tim Manners.

Fans Speak Out: Worth the Waite

The Tim Manners "Speaking of Writers” interview
with Steve Richards about Schoolboy: The Untold Journey of a Yankees Hero.

"Schoolboy shines light onto the less intractable aspects of this monolithic sport,” writes Martin Bihl.

A full-length “book talk” on Schoolboy!