New York Author Hoping for Hollywood Home Run

Brian Biegel's recent tome is a hell of a father-son story.

MiracleBallCoverFor his latest Forbes blog post, sports collectibles beat expert David Seideman sat down at an Upper West Side café with Brian Biegel, co-author with Peter Thomas Fornatale of a recent book about the search for the famous 1951 World Series-winning Giants home run ball hit by Bobby Thomson. Biegel confirmed that he is currently in talks with a major Hollywood studio for the rights to adapt the book, which Biegel previously turned into a 2012 Discovery documentary.

If and when that movie gets made, one of the scenes will most certainly have to involve a certain New York tabloid.

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