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John Sickels

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Born: January 5th, 1968
Place: Des Moines, Iowa
Colleges: Northwest Missouri State University (1990, BA, History and Philosophy)
University of Kansas (1993, MA, European, British, and Russian History)
University of Kansas (1993-1996, PhD study in British HIstory but did not finish dissertation)
Non-Baseball Interests: Military, Social, and Political History; wargaming; music (mostly 60s and 70s classic rock, psychadelic, plus some classical music), spirituality, poetry, meterology, original series Star Trek, Star Fleet Battles
Baseball Publications: STATS Minor League Scouting Notebook, 1996-2002
The Baseball Prospect Book 2003-2009
Bob Feller: Ace of the Greatest Generation (Potomac Books, 2004)
Non-Baseball Publications: Prime Directive: Romulans (2005)
Prime Directive: Federation (upcoming 2008)
Several short stories for the Star Fleet Battles gaming system

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