From Bloomberg.com, this piece featuring Feinstein’s Living on the Black and Halberstam’s Everything They Had.
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From Bloomberg.com, this piece featuring Feinstein’s Living on the Black and Halberstam’s Everything They Had.
Tagged as: David Halberstam, John Feinstein
Previous post: * Author Q&A: John Feinstein
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I did a profile piece on the award-winning cartoonist Arnold Roth and he was nice enough to "immortalize" me.
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Calico Joe, by Robert Grisham
Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments, by Joe Posnanski (via Bookreporter)
The Last Miracle: My 18-Year Journey with the Amazin’ New York Mets, by Ed Kranepool with Gary Kaschak
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The Body Scout, by Lincoln Michel
Grade: C. Perhaps the ultimate performance enhancers -- interchangeable body parts -- help major leaguers of the future. But, as with all of these things, there's a price to pay.
Cardboard Gods: An All-American Tale Told Through Baseball Cards, by Josh Wilker
Grade: A. Re-read in preparation for a Bookshelf Conversation with the author. Had a deeper meaning than when I first read it more than a decade ago.
No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood , by Erin Carlson
Grade: B-. A bit too much about director Penny Marshall. Could have used more info about thew actual filming of the movie. Not enough about the "lesbian issue," but that might be for a different book.
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I love Feinstein’s book, Living On the Black but I must point out one factual error. On page 366, Feinstein writes that the Colorado Rockies expanded into the National League in 1998. This is not true. The Rockies started in 1993. It was the Arizona Diamondbacks that began in 1998.
Garry Garzarek
Helena, Alabama
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