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Bit and pieces, Feb. 3, 2021

February 3, 2021

Remember these? ♦ I must admit, this is probably not something I would read, given my admitted non-English major inferiority complex when it comes to talking about baseball fiction, but the recently-released Jack Madison: The Shaping Of His Life, by Larry R. Wiles looks like it has some “life lessons” to offer, especially during Black […]

Tagged as: AAGPBL, Effa Manley, Jackie Robinson, Jim Bouton, Nicholas Dawidoff

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The Bookshelf Conversation: Barbara Gregorich

March 23, 2015

In honor of Women’s History Month, I wanted to pay tribute to that demographic of fans and athletes and could think of no one better than Barbara Gregorich to weigh in on the topic. Gregorich is the author of Women at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball (which is included in 501 Baseball Books […]

Tagged as: Barbara Gregorich, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Effa Manley, Jane Leavy, Judy Lynn Johnson, Take Me Out to the Ballgame, women's history month

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Bits and pieces

April 20, 2011

Time once again for a major links dump to make up for bad behavior. Warning: some of these links go back to March. Just sayin’. * A member of Red Sox Nation pays tribute to a “mortal enemy” by giving the NY Times photo book on Derek Jeter the thumbs up. * The Wall Street […]

Tagged as: Albert Pujols, Derek Jeter, Effa Manley, Los Angeles Times, New York Times

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A haul of Hall books: Connie Mack to Stan Musial

February 26, 2011 · 2 comments

Intro: As previously stated, the recent election of Robert Alomar and Bert Blyleven got me to thinking: how many Hall of Famers have had books written about them or penned their own stories. Here are the results. Again, this is not an all-inclusive list; almost all juvenile titles have been omitted. * * * “M” […]

Tagged as: Biz Mackey, Christy Mathewson, Connie Mack, Effa Manley, John McGraw, Mickey Mantle, Negro league baseball, Willie Mays

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On this day…

February 27, 2008

According to NationalPastime.com: Effa Manley, former Negro League team owner, become the first woman elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. The co-owner of the Newark Eagles is one 17 former players and executives elected by a special committee using new statistics from the Negro Leagues and pre-Negro Leagues. The Amazon Report: Queen of the […]

Tagged as: Effa Manley, Negro Leagues

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