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According to this AP story, there is “not a single active player left from the 20th century.” And in case you didn’t get that the first time, the writer emphasizes, “Not one.” So unless someone like Bartolo Colon or Andrian Beltre decide to make a comeback… To be honest, I followed the game better when […]

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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 […]

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Like any tool, social media can be a force for good if used properly. Case in point, it’s allowed me to “meet” some really cool people, including Dan Epstein, whose book tour for Stars and Strikes: Baseball and America in the Bicentennial Summer of ’76 brought him to the Bergino Baseball Clubhouse last night. I […]

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Ron Kaplan, hyphenate

July 13, 2010

Add “poet” to the resume.

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One of the more unusual sites I’ve come across is Bardball.com, which, according to co-creator James Finn Garner, is “dedicated to bringing back baseball doggerel, the quick and easy poetry that used to show up in beat writers’ baseball columns a century ago.” In a letter, Garner — author of Politically Correct Bedtime Stories — […]

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