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Throwback Thursday (aka links dump)

November 5, 2015

Since I posted the first of these on a Thursday, which is known on social media as a time of reflection, I thought to make it a regular thing under this rubric. These are kind of fun; it’s like a box of chocolates — you never know what you’re gonna get. (Actually, I never understood […]

Tagged as: Adam Greenberg, Baseball Hall of Fame, baseball managers, Chicago Cubs, Florida Marlins, Forbes, Grantland, kunckleball, Matt Harvey, Piuttsburgh Pirates, R.A. Dickey, Shawn Green, Stephen Strasburg, Tim Wakefield, Tony LaRussa, Will Ferrell, Zev Chafets

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Bits and pieces, June 19

June 19, 2014

You gotta give credit to some authors. All authors, actually, but some more. For a writer to take a subject like Boots Poffenberger, a pitcher who appeared in just 57 games over and three-year Major League career which ended before he was 25, and turn it into a full-blown biography is an accomplishment. Here’s a […]

Tagged as: Al Clark, Allen Barra, baseball book industry, Bill Madden, Boots Poffenberger, Grantland, Josh Ostergaard, Ted Williams

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