You know you’ve arrived when the esteemed New York Public Library writes up your book. So kudos to Mark Armour and Daniel Levitt whose In Pursuit of Pennants: Baseball Operations from Deadball to Moneyball got the treatment in an article titled “5 Baseball Executives You Really Should Know!” Spoiler alert: the five include Frank Cashen […]
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George Weiss,
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The former general manager Baltimore Orioles and New York Mets passed away yesterday at the age of 88. Cashen, who was hugely successful with both franchises, was scheduled to release a new memoir, Winning in Both Leagues: Reflections from Baseball’s Front Office, in September. Richard Goldstein wrote the obituary for The New York Times.
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Made one of my occasional visits to Amazon for the purpose of seeing what new and exciting baseball titles or coming in the next several months. Here’s a sampling of some, excluding, as usual — although with one major exception — books for younger readers. In nor particular order… * Baseball Explained. Phillip Mahoney, McFarland, […]
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Derek Jeter,
Frank Cashen,
Frank Robinson,
Joe Black,
Marty Appel,
Marvin Miller,
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Stave Alderson