Hard to believe it’s been 75 years since Jackie Robinson’s debut. I sometimes think about the veterans of World War II and how old they have to be to have served back in the early 1940s; Robinson would have been 102 this year. Where does the time go? There have probably been more books written […]
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Kostya Kennedy
Let’s see if I remember how to do this… One of the joys I derive from this blog is the opportunity to speak to authors, artists, filmmakers, musicians, etc. about a common interest. When I was working at the paper, I had more time and resources to do these conversations. Now it’s more a catch-as-catch-can […]
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baseball history,
baseball photography,
Kostya Kennedy,
Nostalgia
As I was preparing for my appearance last week on the MLB Network, a macabre though kept going through my head: Just my luck, Pete Rose would decide, given the recent decision by Commissioner Rob Manfred to keep the lifetime ban in place, that he had nothing left to love for and would commit suicide […]
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Casey Award,
Dan Epstein,
Kostya Kennedy,
Pete Rose,
Spitball Magazine
And, no, that’s not a typo, because I consider the “new” part to be the important concept. Visited my local Barnes and Noble, ostensibly to pick up the new issue of Rolling Stone for their Saturday Night Live feature. While there, I came across this: Ordinarily, I don’t bother with stuff like this, but it […]
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baseball records,
Daniel Okrent,
Kostya Kennedy
Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine announced the winner of the 2014 CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year is Kostya Kennedy for Pete Rose: An American Dilemma. The showing turned in by Rose was especially impressive given the outstanding field of finalists, which was extended by two books over the normal total of […]
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Kostya Kennedy,
Pete Rosem Spitball Magazine
Note: Just like Chuck Lorre’s “vanity cards” at the end of The Big Bang Theory, you should read these list stories to their conclusion; the end is always changing, even though the theme is basically the same, finishing up with a self-promotional message. On with the show… Here are the top ten baseball books as […]
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baseball fiction,
baseball rules,
Bernard Malamud,
Bill Madden,
Chicago Cubs,
George F. Will,
Kostya Kennedy,
Mariano Rivera,
Michael Feinstein,
minor leagues,
Moneyball,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
Pete Rose,
Sports Illustrated,
Ted Williams,
The Natural,
Willie Mays,
Wrigley Field
Note: Just like Chuck Lorre’s “vanity cards” at the end of The Big Bang Theory, you should read these list stories to their conclusion; the end is always changing, even though the theme is basically the same, finishing up with a self-promotional message. On with the show… Here are the top ten baseball books as […]
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baseball fiction,
Bernard Malamud,
Bill Madden,
Chicago Cubs,
George F. Will,
Kostya Kennedy,
Mariano Rivera,
Michael Feinstein,
minor leagues,
Moneyball,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
Pete Rose,
Sports Illustrated,
Ted Williams,
The Natural,
Willie Mays,
Wrigley Field
Note: Just like Chuck Lorre’s “vanity cards” at the end of The Big Bang Theory, you should read these list stories to their conclusion; the end is always changing, even though the theme is basically the same, finishing up with a self-promotional message. On with the show… The top ten baseball books as per Amazon.com, […]
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Bill Madden,
Chicago Cubs,
Detroit Tigers,
George F. Will,
Kostya Kennedy,
Mariano Rivera,
Michael Feinstein,
minor leagues,
Moneyball,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
Pete Rose,
Sports Illustrated,
Ted Williams,
Willie Mays,
Willie Randolph,
Wrigley Field
The top ten baseball books as per Amazon.com. Caveat 1: Print editions only (at least for now); because I’m old school. Caveat 2: Since the rankings are updated every hour, these lists might not longer be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them. But it’ll be close enough for government work. Caveat 3: […]
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Bernard Malamud,
Chicago Cubs,
George F. Will,
Jason Kendall,
Kostya Kennedy,
Mariano Rivera,
Michael Feinstein,
minor leagues,
Moneyball,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
Pete Rose,
Ted Williams,
The Natural,
Willie Randolph,
Wrigley Field
The top ten baseball books as per Amazon.com. Caveat 1: Print editions only (at least for now); because I’m old school. Caveat 2: Since the rankings are updated every hour, these lists might not longer be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them. But it’ll be close enough for government work. Caveat 3: […]
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Bernard Malamud,
Chicago Cubs,
George F. Will,
Jason Kendall,
Kostya Kennedy,
Mariano Rivera,
Michael Feinstein,
minor leagues,
Moneyball,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
Pete Rose,
Ted Williams,
The Natural,
Willie Randolph,
Wrigley Field
The top ten baseball books as per Amazon.com. Caveat 1: Print editions only (at least for now); I’m old fashioned that way. Caveat 2: Since the rankings are updated every hour, these lists might not longer be 100 percent accurate by the time you read it. But it’ll be close enough for government work. Caveat […]
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Chicago Cubs,
George F. Will,
Jason Kendall,
Kostya Kennedy,
Mariano Rivera,
Michael Feinstein,
minor leagues,
Moneyball,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
Pete Rose,
Ted Williams,
Willie Randolph,
Wrigley Field
The top ten baseball books as per Amazon.com. Caveat 1: Print editions only (at least for now); I’m old fashioned that way. Caveat 2: Since the rankings are updated every hour, these lists might not longer be 100 percent accurate by the time you read it. But it’ll be close enough for government work. Caveat […]
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Chicago Cubs,
Dan Epstein,
George Will,
John Feinstein,
Kostya Kennedy,
Mariano Rivera,
minor leagues,
Mookie Wilson,
Pete Rose,
Ted Williams,
Wayne Coffey
The top ten baseball books as per Amazon.com. Caveat 1: Print editions only (at least for now); I’m old fashioned that way. Caveat 2: Since the rankings are updated every hour, these lists might not longer be 100 percent accurate by the time you read it. But it’ll be close enough for government work. Caveat […]
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Chicago Cubs,
Dan Epstein,
George Will,
Jayson Stark,
John Feinstein,
Jonah Keri,
Kostya Kennedy,
minor leagues,
Montreal Expos,
Mookie Wilson,
Pete Rose,
Ted Williams
Props to Leonard Lopate for yesterday’s baseball tripleheader: Mookie Wilson, author of Mookie: Life, Baseball, and the 86 Mets AJ Mass, author of Yes, It’s Hot in Here: Adventures in the Weird, Woolly World of Sports Mascots Kostya Kennedy, author of Pete Rose: An American Dilemma My only complaint: the show included a segment on […]
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AJ Maas,
Kostya Kennedy,
Leonard Lopate,
Mookie Wilson,
Pete Rose
The top-ten baseball books as per Amazon.com. Caveat 1: Print editions only (at least for now); I’m old fashioned that way. Caveat 2: Since the rankings are updated every hour, these lists might not longer be 100 percent accurate by the time you read it. But it’ll be close enough for government work. Caveat 3: […]
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Ball Four,
baseball rules,
Chicago Cubs,
George Will,
Jim Bouton,
John Feinstein,
Jonah Keri,
Kostya Kennedy,
Montreal Expos,
Nolan Ryan,
Pete Rose,
Ted Williams,
Wrigley Field
The top-ten baseball books as per Amazon.com. Caveat 1: Print editions only (at least for now); I’m old fashioned that way. Caveat 2: Since the rankings are updated every hour, these lists might not longer be 100 percent accurate by the time you read it. But it’ll be close enough for government work. Caveat 3: […]
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Babe Ruth,
Baseball Prospectus,
Chicago Cubs,
George Will,
Jonah Keri,
Kostya Kennedy,
Michael Lewis,
Moneyball,
Montreal Expos,
Oakland As,
Pete Rose,
Sports Illustrated,
Ted Williams,
Wrigley Field
The top-ten baseball books as per Amazon.com. Caveat 1: Print editions only (at least for now); I’m old fashioned that way. Caveat 2: Since the rankings are updated every hour, these lists might not longer be 100 percent accurate by the time you read it. But it’ll be close enough for government work. Caveat 3: […]
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George F. Will,
Jonah Keri,
Kostya Kennedy,
Michael Feinstein,
Michael Lewis,
Moneyball,
Montreal Expos,
Pete Rose Chicago Cubs,
Sports Illustrated,
Wrigley Field
Thursday, April 10 is baseball night at Varsity Letters at The Gallery at LPR. Grantland’s Jonah Keri, will read from his new book Up, Up, and Away: The Kid, the Hawk, Rock, Vladi, Pedro, le Grand Orange, Youppi!, the Crazy Business of Baseball, and the Ill-fated but Unforgettable Montreal Expos. He’ll be joined by Kostya […]
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AJ Mass,
Gelf,
Jonah Keri,
Kostya Kennedy
Seems most of the buzz lately is about Kostya Kennedy’s Pete Rose: An American Dilemma, John Rosengrens’s Marichal-Roseboro book, The Fight of Their Lives, and Jonah Keri’s Up, Up, and Away, the new history about the Montreal Expos. Rosengren From Mike Bauman/MLB.com: “Book tells of redemption for Marichal, Roseboro“ This one from Allen Barra will […]
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John Roseboro,
John Rosengren,
Jonah Keri,
Juan Marichal,
Kostya Kennedy,
Montreal Expos,
Pete Rose
Another book about Pete Rose? Seems more books have been published about (and by) the dishonored all-time hit leader than anyone except Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio and Jackie Robinson. But as Kostya Kennedy explained in our recent conversation, the job of the writer is to find something new to say or say in […]
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Kostya Kennedy,
Pete Rose
Baseball best-sellers, April 25
April 25, 2014
The top-ten baseball books as per Amazon.com. Caveat 1: Print editions only (at least for now); I’m old fashioned that way. Caveat 2: Since the rankings are updated every hour, these lists might not longer be 100 percent accurate by the time you read it. But it’ll be close enough for government work. Caveat 3: […]
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