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Buzz Bissinger

Review roundup, March 18

March 18, 2013

The AZ Snakepit, a Diamondbacks’-centric blog, posted this about John Sexton’s Baseball as a Road to God: Seeing Beyond the Game. Upshot: “Overall it’s a fine baseball book that is interesting most because it examines baseball in a manner more critical than most. The average baseball book is no better than a collection of trivia, […]

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If you thought it was a stretch to make a feature film out of Michael Lewis’ non-fiction baseball classic Moneyball, what say you about Buzz Bissinger’s Three Nights in August, which considers a 2003 series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs? According to this piece on variety.com, Billy Bob Thornton will play the […]

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* Old school vs. new

June 28, 2008

Buzz Bissinger is no fan of blogs. So by extension, he might not have much empathy for will Leitch and Deadspin. Here’s a snippet of Bissinger vs. Leitch on an episode of Bob Costas’ HBO program: (The whole piece can be seen on the Deadspin site.) Surprisingly, Bissinger granted an interview with his adversary, as […]

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“Stray questions for: Buzz Bissnger,” Jan. 11, 2008. Bissinger, of course, is the author of 3 Nights in August, an in-depth look at the managerial style of St. Louis Cardinals skipper Tony LaRussa.

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