Bits and pieces

May 22, 2010

  • SFReeper critiques Emma Span’s look at the game from the distaff side and Jason Turbow’s do’s and dont’s.
  • If the British read Moneyball, do they have to convert it into pounds or euros?
  • The AV Club conducted this Q&A with Dan Epstein, author of Big Hair & Plastic Grass. You gotta wonder if he grew the hair and ‘burns for the book, or that’s his reg’lar look. Works either way. Meantime, Baseball Prospectus had one with Dorothy Seymour Mills, author of Chasing Baseball: Our Obsession with Its History, Numbers, People and Places.
  • The Just One More Thing blog gives Stephen King’s Blockade Billy an A+. Hey, Barnes and Noble, where’s my copy already?
  • In just another example of Canadians showing disdain for their betters, the Montreal Gazette published this review of Mark Kurlansky’s book, Eastern Stars. Headline: “San Pedro de MacorĂ­s sure knows baseball but author Mark Kurlansky shows little or no feel for the game.” Ouch. (And before you start sending nasty e-mails, I’m kidding. My maternal side is from Montreal. Some of my best friends are Montrealers 🙂 )
  • Baseball philosopher (now there‘s a job title I’d love to have) Jonah Goldwater writes about “George Will’s Marxist Theory of Baseball” on FasterTimes.com. Wonder why Men at Work is getting so much attention after all these years? Men Without Hats, now that I can understand:

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