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Bits and pieces, June 19

June 19, 2014

You gotta give credit to some authors. All authors, actually, but some more. For a writer to take a subject like Boots Poffenberger, a pitcher who appeared in just 57 games over and three-year Major League career which ended before he was 25, and turn it into a full-blown biography is an accomplishment. Here’s a […]

Tagged as: Al Clark, Allen Barra, baseball book industry, Bill Madden, Boots Poffenberger, Grantland, Josh Ostergaard, Ted Williams

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* Now hear this: Baseball book merchant Bobby Plapinger

February 7, 2009 · 4 comments

The Bookshelf is interested in all aspects of the field: writers, publishers, and those who are the last stop on the way to getting those materials into our hands. Not all of it comes from large retails outlets. In fact, some of the more interesting outlets are small merchants with a love for their product. […]

Tagged as: baseball book industry, Bobby Plapinger

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