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Throwback Thursday (aka links dump)

November 5, 2015

Since I posted the first of these on a Thursday, which is known on social media as a time of reflection, I thought to make it a regular thing under this rubric. These are kind of fun; it’s like a box of chocolates — you never know what you’re gonna get. (Actually, I never understood […]

Tagged as: Adam Greenberg, Baseball Hall of Fame, baseball managers, Chicago Cubs, Florida Marlins, Forbes, Grantland, kunckleball, Matt Harvey, Piuttsburgh Pirates, R.A. Dickey, Shawn Green, Stephen Strasburg, Tim Wakefield, Tony LaRussa, Will Ferrell, Zev Chafets

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Freakonomics guru weighs in on Adam Greenberg in Jewish Jocks collection

November 16, 2012

Remember when I warned about the motives of Jeffrey Luria and the Miami Marlins when they signed Adam Greenberg to a one-game contract so he could get that first official at-bat? So much for the good-will he engendered with that act of kindness. Stephen J. Dubner, coauthor of one of my favorite book series (and […]

Tagged as: Adam Greenberg, Stephen J. Dubner

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Bits and pieces, Nov. 9

November 9, 2012

♦  One of my neo-favorites books have been the Freaknomics series. Their blog included this item about the eternal question (well, eternal since 1903, with the occasional break), “Does the best team win the World Series?” By teh way, Freakonomics co-author Stephen J. Dubner contributed an essay about everybody’s favorite comeback kid,  Adam Greenberg, in […]

Tagged as: Adam Greenberg, Freakonomics, Stephen J. Dubner

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