Baltimore Baseball & Barbecue with Boog Powell
Young Luke Schwindt eagerly devours one of Boog’s delicious barbecue sandwiches. (Jim Burger) The Baltimore Post-Examiner is proud to present
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(Pictured from left) Jim Burger has been a professional photographer in Baltimore since 1982, honing his skills while working for the City Paper and the Baltimore Sun. Burger’s iconic images have also appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, San Francisco Examiner, Los Angeles Times and Baltimore Magazine.
Boog Powell is a former major league baseball player, spending seventeen seasons with the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Dodgers. Powell was also a marina owner, beer pitchman and television celebrity. In 1992 he opened Boog’s Bar-B-Q at Camden Yards – a concept in ballpark concessions which has since been copied around the United States. A previous book Mesquite Cookery was published in 1986.
Rob Kasper spent 33 years as a feature writer for the Baltimore Sun, winning numerous awards while penning a nationally syndicated column. His previous book, Baltimore Beer: A Satisfying History of Charm City Brewing (2011) was also published by History Press.
Author: Rob Kasper