Posts tagged as:

Harry Caray

Baseball Best-Sellers, April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Headnote: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one […]

Tagged as: baseball strartegy, Chicago Cubs, Ernie Banks, Harry Caray, Houston Astros, Michael Lewis, Moneyball, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Oakland As, Pete Rose, Ron Darling, Ted Williams

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

New year, new books

January 2, 2019

Welcome to 2019. I hope y’all had a great holiday season. “Pitchers and catchers” are still more than a month away, so I hope this list of forthcoming books will serve as a source of warmth and comfort until then. We seem to have the requisite number of material about former stars such as Jackie […]

Tagged as: Art Shamsky, Baltimore Orioles, Barry Zito, Boston Red Sox, Bud Selig, Chicago Cubs, David Cone, Edgar Martinex, Ernie Banks, Harry Caray, Jackie Robinsoin, Los Angeles Dodgers, Luis Tiant, Mickey Mantle, Moneyball, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Pete Rose, Pitching, Roger Angell, Ron Swoboda, World Chanmpionship, World Series, Wrigley Field, Yogi Berra

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Bits and pieces, June 9

June 9, 2014

Looking over the overlooked in baseball book (etc.) news… Wow, so much for the free exchange of ideas. Tried to access three items about baseball author appearances, book news, etc. but was blocked from each one because I’m not a paid subscriber. Bummer, man. Anyway… The Boston Globe ran this review of I Don’t Care […]

Tagged as: Babe Ruth, Bill Maden, Burleigh Grimes, Don Zimmer, Harry Caray, John Feinstein

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

What a coincidence: Harry Caray

November 22, 2013

I was listening to The Comedy Mixtape, one of my regular podcasts, and heard John Caponera doing a bit about the late and beloved Cubs broadcaster (he also does a pretty good Vin Scully). You can listen to it here, but be warned — it’s hilariously NSFW. The same day, I found this posted via […]

Tagged as: Harry Caray, Steve Stone

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

* New book celebrates the legend of Harry Caray

June 2, 2008

As reported on Missourinet.com, the biography — Harry Caray: Voice of the Fans — features a CD of some of the legendary broadcaster’s greatest calls.

Tagged as: Harry Caray

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-5496371-4']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();