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Thomas Oliphant

Literary birthday greetings: Gil Hodges, the Golden Eagle, the Goat, and Superjew

April 4, 2011 · 0 comments

Gil Hodges was born this date in 1924. While compiling my list of books about Hall of Famers, I couldn’t help but ask why some of these guys were in while someone like Hodges was out. Praying for Gil Hodges: A Memoir of the 1955 World Series and One Family’s Love of the Brooklyn Dodgers, [...]

Tagged as: Gil Hodges, Mickey Owen, Mike Epstein, Thomas Oliphant, Tris Speaker

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* RK interview: Thomas Oliphant

August 26, 2009 · 0 comments

I conducted this interview with the author of Praying for Gil Hodges for Bookreporter.com in 2005. * * * Bookreporter.com baseball specialist Ron Kaplan interviewed Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Oliphant about PRAYING FOR GIL HODGES, his bittersweet memoir about growing up as a fan of the Brooklyn Dodgers and the joy of celebrating their only [...]

Tagged as: Brooklyn Dodgers, Gil Hodges, Thomas Oliphant

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