TAMMY LECHNER'S ARIZONA BOOK TOUR - MARCH, 2009 (SPRING TRAINING)

"OUR TEAM - OUR DREAM: A CUBS FAN'S JOURNEY INTO BASEBALL'S GREATEST ROMANCE"

(please note: all "book tour" photographs by Adrienne Helitzer©)

 

On the set of "Good Morning Arizona" CH 3/TV author Tammy Lechner joins anchor Tess Rafols to talk about "OUR TEAM - OUR DREAM," and the book tour schedule in Arizona

 

Author Tammy Lechner talks about OUR TEAM-OUR DREAM with fellow photojournalist Peter Vander Stoep (below) during a book signing at Andrew's BBQ in Tempe.on March 21

 

The Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale featured OUR TEAM-OUR DREAM in their window and inside the bookstore (below) during a book signing by author Tammy Lechner on March 25

Author of OUR TEAM-OUR DREAM Tammy Lechner with Cubs fans during a book signing at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale, AZ, including Christian M. Martin, (photo below) who lives in Wrigleyville and is a Cubs seaon ticket holder to "81 games" she notes.

 

Lechner poses outside of Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, AZ prior to a book signing event during Cubs Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins All-Star Charity Game.

Lechner is joined by Don Evans (above), editor of "Cubbie Blues: 100 Years of Waiting Till Next Year." for a joint book signing by the authors at Fergie Jenkin's All Star Charity Game.

Lechner signs copies of OUR TEAM-OUR DREAM for Cubs fans through the Hohokam Gift Shop during the Ferguson All-Star Charity Game, and again during the Cubs vs. White Sox game.

Author Lechner is greeted by long-time Cubs fans and friends Doris Davis (above, at left, and photo below) along with Billie Vuylsteke (above, at right) during a book signing event at the Cubs spring training home, Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, AZ

Lechner enjoys meeting up with a Cubs fan at Hohokam Stadium who has a hopeful prediction for the 2009 season... "Finally!"

Author Tammy Lechner is joined by Sharon Pannozzo, former Chicago Cubs media relations director and currently PR director, East Coast Entertainment for NBC Entertainment (above) during the Cubs vs. White Sox game at Hohokam Stadium.

Lechner is joined by Cubs fans (above) at Don & Charlie's Steakhouse in Scottsdale, a popular Cubs restaurant and bar, where the author did several evenings of book signings

Lechner joins Don Evans (above, right) his son Dusty and uncle Rick Evans, owner of Al's Chicago Style Hotdogs in Mesa, AZ where Lechner signed copies of OUR TEAM-OUR DREAM and Evan's signed copies of his newly released book, "Cubbie Blues: 100 Years Of Waiting Till Next Year."

Don Evans, editor of the recently released "Cubbie Blues: 100 Years of Waiting Till Next Year," with his son Dusty during a joint book signing with Tammy Lechner, author of "Our Team-Our Dream," at Al's Chicago Style Hot Dogs in Mesa, AZ

Dusty Evans, a budding photojournalist, documents the book signing events at Al's Chicago Style Hot Dogs in Mesa, AZ