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Frank Deford

Happy quasquicentennial, Casey!

June 6, 2013

A fair share of the recent Cooperstown Baseball Symposium considered myriad aspects of Casey at the Bat, which celebrates its 125th anniversary this month. The esteemed sportswriter Frank Deford was the keynote speaker for the event. Deford contributed a speculative article, “Huge Commotion in Mudville” to the July 18, 1988 issue of Sports Illustrated. Shortly […]

Tagged as: Casey at the bat, Ernest Thayer, Frank Deford

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Bits and pieces, Nov. 15

November 15, 2012

♦  Doug Glanville, author of The Game from Where I Stand: From Batting Practice to the Clubhouse to the Best Breakfast on the Road, an Inside View of a Ballplayer’s Life and a baseball analyst for ESPN, has launched a new endeavor: The Daddy Games, “Lessons and tidbits of wisdom gained from the sport of […]

Tagged as: Bobby Richardson, Doug Glanville, Frank Deford, George Carlin, Jacques Barzun

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National Pastime Radio: Bob Ojeda and Frank Deford

June 20, 2012

Former ML pitcher Bobby Ojeda published this lengthy piece in the May 26 New York Times about the pain incurred by his chosen profession. Yesterday he discussed it on NPR’s Fresh Air. Kind of surprising, since he’s not plugging a book… Frank Deford does regular commentary pieces for the public radio network. His latest considers […]

Tagged as: Bob Ojeda, Frank Deford

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Bits and pieces

June 9, 2011

The semi-regular roundup of things I neglected to post previously. From DriveLineBaseball, this review of The Physics of Pitching: Learn the Mechanics, Science, and Psychology of Pitching to Success. Upshot: It “falls well short of [Robert K.} Adair’s classic text [The Physics of Baseball]. Sure, it looks a lot cooler (the photography is top notch), […]

Tagged as: Armando Galarraga, Frank Deford, Jim Joyce, Jim Leyritz, Joe DiMaggio, John McGraw, The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw Christy Mathewson and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball

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The Entitled among the best? One man's opinion

March 20, 2008

From Rich Karlgaard’s “Digital Rules” column on Forbes.com, this brief recommendation for Frank Deford’s latest: You’re Entitled early each spring to read at least one good baseball book. Slide into Frank Deford’s novel, The Entitled, now out in paperback (Sourcebooks). This fine work ranks with Field of Dreams and The Natural. His praise, indeed, but […]

Tagged as: baseball novels, Frank Deford, The Entitled

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(Mini) review — Sports Illustrated: The Baseball Book

December 26, 2006

If you’re going to give a book, give big, I always say. Coffee table editions are especially welcome and if the topic happens to be baseball, so much the better. It sometimes seems unfair that publications like Sports Illustrated can simply reach into 50 years-worth of archives at any time and pull a gem out […]

Tagged as: Frank Deford, Leigh Montville, Mickey Mantle, Rick Reilly, Robert Creamer, Sports Illustrated, Stan Musial, Tom Verducci

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