Gene Moore

He was a baseball prodigy. At the age of fifteen, Gene Moore was a boy, playing like a man, in a game where men, play like boys.

Headed for baseball stardom with the Brooklyn Dodgers, his destiny was interrupted by
Pearl Harbor.
His life... and
maybe our
national
pastime...
would be
forever altered.

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Author's Day brings written stories to the Hall
Scribes Moore, Glueckstein, Nelson and Lowenfish discuss their recent works
Published: 08/15/2008 1:02 PM ET

All were featured topics in baseball stories as four storytellers participated in Author's Day on Thursday at the National Hall of Fame and Museum. Gary Moore, Fred Glueckstein, Kadir Nelson and Lee Lowenfish each discussed their work and participated in a question-and-answer session as well as a book signing in the Bullpen Theater. Read more...

AUTHOR'S DAY TO LOOK AT BASEBALL IN THE '40S, '50S
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Published: 08/11/2008 2:49 PM ET

Moore's Playing with the Enemy is a story -- inspired by true events -- of Gene Moore, a Navy seaman who taught prisoners of German U-boat U-505 how to play baseball. Author Gary Moore did not learn of his father's remarkable story until the day before Gene Moore's death. Read more...

Book no minor accomplishment
by The Daily Journal
08/09/2008, 10:40 pm

Success is no stranger to Bourbonnais resident Gary Moore.

Moore has been named the 1995 Bradley-Bourbonnais Chamber of Commerce Businessperson of the Year. Moore is currently the President & Managing Partner of Covenant Air & Water.

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Playing with the Enemy Author Gary Moore
My Fox, Milwaukee, Online News
Monday, April 28^th 2008

WITI-T—Author Gary Moore wrote the book "Playing with the Enemy" which is about his father's dream to be a Brooklyn Dodgers player. FOX 6's Mark Concannon talks with the author.

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Radio Talk Show with Gary Moore and Anita Finley

The Anita Finley Show interviews Gary W. Moore, author of Playing With The Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, World War II, and the Long Journey Home on her radio talk show, WSBR, 740 AM, Boca Raton, Florida.
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CNN: Playing with the Enemy is Soon to Be a Movie!
CNN.com, Online News
Thursday, April 3^rd 2008

Eight Forty-Eight

Extended Interview with Gary W. Moore

Eight Forty-Eight's Jason Marck spoke with Gary W. Moore, author of Playing With The Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, World War II, and the Long Journey Home. Moore's father Gene was from Sesser, Illinois, and emerged as a baseball star before World War II.
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Molen, MediaOne in Baseball Pic
By Nyay Bhushan
March 18^th 2008

NEW DELHI ?

Oscar-winning "Schindler's List" producer Gerald Molen's White Light Entertainment will co-produce the World War II live action drama "Playing With The Enemy" with MediaOne Ventures, the U.K.-based unit of animation company Compact Disc India.

"The film's budget is roughly $30 million and we plan to begin filming in the summer in Canada," CDI chairman Suresh Kumar said in an interview Tuesday.

Directed by David Ranes, the film will be based on the real-life story of baseball player Gene Moore, as told in author Gary Moore's book, "Playing With the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams."

In May, MediaOne plans to try to raise $60 million by listing shares on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange, Kumar said. Read more...

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