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Dusty Baker

♦  Now hear this: Stealing Home: Los Angeles, The Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between by Eric Nusbaum and Baseball’s Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues by Andrea Williams are the subjects of this “All the Backlist” podcast from Bookriot.com. From NPR’s Fresh Air (10/27), “Phillies Radio […]

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Bits and Pieces, Dec. 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

In a vain attempt to clear out my inbox, here is the final B&P for the year. Hope you’ve enjoyed learning about these things as much as I have. Don’t read anything political into the posting of this piece about “How Bernie Sanders brought professional baseball to Vermont,” via The Sporting News. From outsports.com, this […]

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All-Star News Blues

July 6, 2012

We have reached the time of the year where everyone (players, managers, sports media, fans) grouse about the All-Star game. Primarily it’s because their favorite player was snubbed, or that some standout veteran on his way to retirement should get one last hurrah on the national stage. The debates are (seemingly) endless. Just to point […]

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