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PSA for the PBBC, March 2, 2021

March 2, 2021

Haven’t done one of these for a while… Headnote: One of the thing I like about the Pandemic Baseball Book Club is that it’s a kind of “one stop shopping.” Instead of posting about various authors, projects, and events, all I’m doing here is cutting and pasting their newsletter. This one was received on March 2. […]

Tagged as: Jim Bouton, SABR, San Francisco Giants, Seymour Medal

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The Bookshelf Podcast: Glenn Stout

February 6, 2012

Last week I posted an interview with Kostya Kennedy, author of 56: Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports Well, the tributes continue with this week’s guest, Glenn Stout, a veteran writer whose latest book, Fenway 1912: The Birth of a Ballpark, a Championship Season, and Fenway’s Remarkable First Year, earned him the […]

Tagged as: Best American Sports Writing, Boston Red Sox, Fenway Park, Glenn Stout, SABR, Seymour Award, Seymour Medal

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* Announcement: Branch Rickey bio wins SABR Award

May 16, 2008

Branch Rickey: Baseball’s Ferocious Gentleman has been awarded the Seymour Medal as the best baseball history or biography of 2007. Also recognized as “finalists” were Connie Mack and the Early Years of Baseball by Norman Macht and Playing America’s Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line by Adrian Burgos, Jr. Author Lee Lowenfish will receive […]

Tagged as: baseball book awards, Branch Rickey, Lee Lowenfish, SABR, Seymour Medal

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