Bits and Pieces

Ripken nixes Imus appearance<a onclick=”window.open(this.href, ‘_blank’, ‘width=180,height=266,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0’); return false” href=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/ripkin.jpg”><img title=”Ripkin” height=”177″ alt=”Ripkin” src=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/my_weblog/images/ripkin.jpg” width=”120″ border=”0″ style=”FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px” /></a>

From Publishers Weekly…In the category of "moot," <a href=”http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6432232.html”>Cal Ripken Jr. said he would not appear on the Imus in </a><a href=”http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6432232.html”>the Morning</a> radio program because of remarks made by the host regarding the Rutgers women’s basketball team. * * *

Psych From Reuters, <a href=”http://www.reuters.com/article/gc08/idUSL0449019420070404″>this item</a> on Mike Stadler, author of The Psychology of Baseball.

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Spaced Out From the Vermont Guardian, <a href=”http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/042007/BillLee.shtml”>an interview with Bill Lee</a>, whose new book, Baseball Eccentrics: The Most Entertaining, Outrageous, and Unforgettable Characters in the Game, comes out this spring. <a onclick=”window.open(this.href, ‘_blank’, ‘width=390,height=504,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0’); return false” href=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/pub669sport.jpg”><img title=”Pub669sport” height=”155″ alt=”Pub669sport” src=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/my_weblog/images/pub669sport.jpg” width=”120″ border=”0″ style=”FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px” /></a>

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From Baseballanalysts.com, "<a href=”http://baseballanalysts.com/archives/2007/04/an_ode_to_sport.php”>An Ode to Sport</a>" magazine.

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Until NPR does a segment with Jonathan Eig, author of Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Season, <a href=”http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4620618″>here’s an item about his first book</a>, Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig.