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Paul Auster

Oh, sure, blame the intellectuals.

April 20, 2015

When the baseball purists start calling for the heads of those who would buck tradition in finding ways to speed up the game, they might start with author Paul Auster. Auster came up with brilliant idea of two strikes and you’re out and three balls, take your base. The former is strictly two strikes, by […]

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Bits and Pieces, Oct. 24

October 24, 2014

Haven’t done one of these in awhile. Of course, I haven’t done much of anything for awhile what with working on the new non-baseball sports book. So here are a few items from recent weeks. If people knew how Michael Lewis got the inspiration to write Moneyball, I wonder if that would have made a […]

Tagged as: baseball autographs, baseball collectibles, Baseball Hall of Fame, C.C. Sabathia, Christy Mathewson, Michael Lewis, Moneyball, Nolan Ryan, Paul Auster, Ty Cobb, Willie Mays

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