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Bits and pieces, May 21

May 21, 2014

Looking over the overlooked news in baseball books, etc. ♦ Dwier Brown is making the rounds for his new memoir If You Build It…: A book about Fathers, Fate and Field of Dreams, which is doing very well on Amazon. (Here’s my Bookshelf conversation with Brown). My apologies in that the video opens on its […]

Tagged as: Continental League, Disney, Dwier Brown, ESPN, Field of Dreams, Jon Hamm, Million Dollar Arm, New Yorker, Outside the Lines

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Baseball book ‘prospects’

February 27, 2014

This it the time of year when the baseball media offer their considered opinions on their favorite prospects. Sometimes they’re spot on, other times, not so much. So I thought, why not apply this to the upcoming “rookie crop” of baseball books? That is, titles that are making their debuts in 2014 — no reprints/reissues […]

Tagged as: Al Clark, Alex Rodriguez, Andrew Zimbalist, Atlanta Braves, Babe Ruth, Ben Zobrist, Boston Red Sox, Branch Rickey, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Continental League, Dirk Hayhurst, Doug Harvey, Fantasy baseball, George F. Will, House of David, Jackie Robinson, Joe DiMaggio, John Roseboro, Juan Marichal John Rosengren, Los Angeles Dodgers, Marilyn Monroe, Minnesota Twins, minor leagues, Montreal Expos, Mookie Wilson, Nap Lajoie, Negro Leagues, New York Mets, Nolan Ryan, PED, Pete Rose, Roger Kahn, Roy Campanella, sabermetrics, steroids, Ted Williams, Ty Cobb, umpires, Walter O'Malley, Willie Mays, Wrigley Field

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TV Time: Branch Rickey on What’s My Line

March 9, 2012

Grant Brisbee over at Baseball Nation posted this original entry. This is so cool. Could we get contestants on today’s game shows to dress up like that? Of all people to be on the panel — Chuck Connors, who had one at bat for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1949. Many players appeared on What’s My […]

Tagged as: Branch Rickey, Chuck Connors, Continental League, Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Stan Musial

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