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Author appearance: John Carvalho

December 7, 2016

John Carvalho, author of Frick: Baseball’s Third Commissioner, has the honor of closing out the  2106 “season” at the Bergino Baseball Clubhouse in Manhattan. Carvalho will share his thoughts with Clubhouse owner Jay Goldberg on Thursday, December 15, at 7 p.m. Ford Frick is best known as the baseball commissioner who put the “asterisk” next […]

Tagged as: baseball commissioner, Bergino Baseball Clubhouse, Ford Frick

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Baseball Bookshelf almanac, Feb. 6

February 6, 2013

Literary birthday greetings: 1895 – Babe Ruth, outfielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 1948) Previous Babe Ruth birthday entry. Lest we forget: 2007 – Lew Burdette, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1926) Lew Burdette of the Braves, by Gene Schoor, Putnam, 1960. Also on this date: 1934: New York sportswriter and broadcaster Ford Frick is named the […]

Tagged as: 1994 baseball strike, Babe Ruth, Ford Frick, Lew Burdette

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* Congratulations to Jon Miller

February 1, 2010

The legendary broadcaster was named recipient of the 2010 Ford C. Frick Award by the National baseball Hall of Fame. The Frick Award is voted upon annually and is named in memory of the sportswriter, radio broadcaster, National League president, and Baseball commissioner. From the official press release: Miller, who has spent parts of five […]

Tagged as: baseball awards, baseball broadcasting, Baseball Hall of Fame, Ford Frick, Jon Miller

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