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Bits and pieces, March 16

March 16, 2015

Curt Smith, author of several fine volumes about baseball broadcasters and broadcasting, offers this nostalgic essay on “Spring training: Baseball’s Brigadoon” in the Irondequoit Post. Publishers Weekly published their annual list of new baseball topics. Unfortunately, it’s only available to subscribers. I’ll see if I can find an end-around at some point. “Spring inevitably means […]

Tagged as: Boston Red Sox, Curt Smith, Joe Black, John Klima, Mark Simon, Nolan Ryan, NY Mets, Rob Goldman, Sandy Alderson, Steve Kettmann, Who's Who in baseball

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Book of the Week Contest: Stars and Strikes

May 21, 2014

First of all, congratulations to Josh R. of Madison, NJ, winner of last week’s book, Doc: A Memoir, by Dwight Gooden and Ellis Henican. This week’s offering is (another copy of) Stars and Strikes, Dan Epstein’s critically-acclaimed look at the national pastime at the nation’s bicentennial. Changing up the “rules” a bit: This will henceforth […]

Tagged as: Dan Epstein, Doc Gooden, NY Mets, NY Yankees

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Bits and pieces, April 25

April 25, 2014

Politics aside, I’ve often wondering why such smart people such as Doris Kearns Goodwin, Thomas Oliphant, and George Will (among others), have such an affinity for baseball. here, Will — author of A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred — tries to explain why the game is such a […]

Tagged as: Chicago Cubs, George Will, Jonah Keri, Montreal Expos, Mookie Wilson, NY Mets

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* Going back to Brooklyn

June 21, 2008

The New York Times published this piece in today’s issue regarding the appeal of the Mets farm club, the brooklyn Cyclones, in the face of the big league team’s troubles of late. In the meantime, watch this unusual situation from last night’s game between the Cyclones and the Staten Island Yankees. The Amazon Report on […]

Tagged as: Brooklyn Cyclones, NY Mets

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* So long, it's been good to know ya

June 18, 2008

A lot has been written over the last couple of days (in the New York area at least) about the firing of Mets manager Willie Randolph. It’s not so much that he was fired as much as how the deed was done. How terrible, the sports pundits cried, to do it in the middle of […]

Tagged as: baseball managers, NY Mets, Willie Randloph

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* Happy birthday, Carlos Beltran

April 24, 2008

The all-star, gold-glove Mets outfielder turns 31 today. The Amazon Report on Carlos Beltran: Pedro, Carlos, and Omar: The Story of a Season in the Big Apple and the Pursuit of Baseball’s Top Latino Stars, by Adam Rubin. You can read a review from “Yankees 2000” here.

Tagged as: Carlos Beltran, NY Mets

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* Mets feature in New York Magazine

April 4, 2008

Get me re-write. This story, dated April 7, is already obsolete since Pedro –called “the Mets’ clown prince and evil genius” — has been put on the disabled list following his first appearance. The onus now falls squarely on the shoulders of Johan Santana. The crew on Pardon the Interruption noted that all he has […]

Tagged as: Johan Santana, New York Magazine, NY Mets, Pedro Martinez

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