Career As An Author
Having retired from baseball, Van Slyke has begun pursuing a career as an author, focusing on books centered around baseball. In 2009 he authored Tiger Confidential: The Untold Inside Story of the 2008 Season (with co-author Jim Hawkins). In July 2010, he published The Curse: Cubs Win! Cubs Win! Or Do They? (with co-author Rob Rains), a book in the sub-genre sports fiction about the Chicago Cubs finally breaking their one hundred year curse and playing in the World Series.
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