June MTA - Jerry Grillo

06/03/2025 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM ET

Admission

  • $35.00  -  Multiple Ticket (2 or more)
  • $40.00  -  Single Ticket

Summary

Meet the Author is a monthly event that brings notable authors to Georgia Writers Museum. Doors open at 6:30 pm and the program begins at 7:00 pm. Make sure to come early not only for food and drinks, but to get the best seat!

Description

Johnny Mize was one of the greatest hitters in baseball’s golden age of great hitters. Born and raised in tiny Demorest, Georgia, in the northeast Georgia mountains, Mize emerged from the heart of Dixie as a Bunyonesque slugger, a quiet but sharp-witted man from a broken home who became a professional player at seventeen, embarking on an extended tour of the expansive St. Louis Cardinals Minor League system. From the backroads of the Minor Leagues to the sunny Caribbean, where he played alongside the best Black and Latin players as a twenty-one-year-old, and to the Major Leagues, where he became a ten-time All-Star, home run champion, and World Series hero, Mize forged a memorable trail along baseball’s landscape. This is the first complete biography of the Big Cat.