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One of the legends of the sportswriting world passed away yesterday at the age of 93. Bisher began writing for the Atlanta Journal Constitution in 1950, retiring in 2009. he began his newspaper career in 1938 at the Lumberton Voice in North Carolina. I recall him from his work as a region writer covering the […]

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When I was a kid, about 10 years old, I used to get a weekly allowance of 50 cents, which I normally would use to purchase a baseball magazine. One week, while running errands for my mother, I took the audacious step of using some of the change to supplement my stipend to buy both […]

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Baseball books on eBay

August 25, 2011

I was doing some research for the 501 project and thought I’d take a look at what eBay has to offer. Turns out, it’s a lot. More than 4,000 items came up for the search term “baseball books” and it was interesting to see the make-up. Although I didn’t take a deliberate count, the vast […]

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Something to aim for

February 17, 2011

One of my favorite sections of the then-Street and Smith,/now-Sporting News annuals is the part devote to player milestone/targets. It remains great fun to see where the contemporary stars rank in relation to the legends of the game. I enjoy looking at a player and counting down, and guessing if he’ll make the goal during […]

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The March 30 issue is, IMHO, the best of the regular baseball publications when it comes to their 2009 preview issue. Perhaps it’s catering to readers’ short attention spans, but the items are short with lots of photos to break up the page, making it kind of hard to separate into meaningful components. That doesn’t […]

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