Former Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros General Manager Ed Wade takes up Novel Writing
Ed Wade, the former general manager for the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros has decided to turn a new page of his life; he has taken up the role of a novel writer. The novel however is not about baseball, something he has had a long relationship
with but is an action thriller that involves Navy Seals, geo politics and sky diving.
Currently a special consultant in baseball operations with the Phillies, Ed has a degree in journalism from the Temple University. Ed has been the general manager of the Phillies between 1998 and 2005 and for the Astros from 2007 to 2011.
His novel will have a bit of personal touch as his son is in the United States Naval Academy and he himself has sky dived on 41 occasions.
Wade has been working on the book for a long time and his endeavours in baseball have been causing a delay in the release of the book. He said that the book was nearly done in 2007 when he took the job with Houston Astros. Last year he decided to continue
with the book and finish the job so that it’s not left hanging around.
"I had an idea for a story and started to work on it in dribs and drabs," he explained. "I probably had about 85 percent of it done and then the Houston job came along [in 2007]. I set it off to the side and when I got back last winter I just decided to
at least bring it to closure.”
The book is about a Navy Seal who returns home after a tragic death of his father in a car accident. As the story unravels, he realises that there is something more sinister involved. The book has all the thrills that would make a great Hollywood blockbuster.
Wade on a personal note said that he has all the respect in the world for the armed forces men and women who serve the nation in tough conditions for their fellow countrymen.
He said that he wanted to book to be written in such a manner that it maintains the respect for the men and women in uniform. He said that the book was a mental exercise and whether people would like it or not is another story.
“The book was a mental exercise,” Ed said. ”But I wanted to make sure that if I was doing something that related in some fashion to them that it was done with the right measure of respect."
It should be an interesting book and a good read. It is refreshing to see a baseball executive taking up something different and following his own likings. We wish him all the best in his endeavours as a writer.
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