* "What a day this has been…"

August 30, 2008

Aug. 30 is a red letter day for the game, so I’m combining several elements:

Happy birthday: Ted Williams, aka, The Splendid Splinter (Nickname of the Day), was born this date in 1918.

Welcome to the Big Leagues: Ty Cobb (1905) and Keith Hernandez (1974) began their storied careers on Aug. 30.

Fare thee well: Tris Speaker made his last appearance in 1928.

The Amazon Report on Ted Williams (abridged):

Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero, by Leigh Montville

What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now? : A Remembrance, by Richard Ben Cramer

The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship, by David Halberstam

My Turn at Bat: The Story of My Life (Fireside Sports Classics), by Ted Williams

Hear Leigh Montville on Williams:

The Amazon Report on Ty Cobb: (abridged)

Cobb: A Biography, by Al Stump

Ty Cobb (Sport in American Life), by Charles Alexander

Peach: Ty Cobb In His Time And Ours

The Amazon Report on Keith Hernandez:

Pure Baseball, by Keith Hernandez

If at First: A Season With the Mets, by Keith Hernandez

The Amazon Report on Tris Speaker: (abridged)

Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend

Spoke: A Biography of Tris Speaker (Sport in American Life), by Charles Alexander

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