Congratulations to Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, and Frank Thomas, who were announced today as the newest inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame. According to the organization’s press release, this marks just the second time that three players were elected in their first year of eligibility. From a fan’s point of view, I think it’s […]
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Mike Mussina, who turns 42 today, was considered one of the brighter players in the game, if for no ohter reason than the fact he did crossword puzzles…in pen, yet! He shared the spotlight with Mets’ pitcher Tom Glavine as the focus of John Feinstein’s 2008 book, Living on the Black: Two Pitchers, Two Teams, […]
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This one on John Feinstein’s most recent baseball title comes from the DailySkew Baseball blog. Upshot: Overall, a good modern baseball book about how cerebral the game of pitching is, and how pitchers work out in-between starts. Also, an inside look into the Mets 2007 collapse (so you can read about Willie Randolph, Jose Reyes, […]
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Mel Foster narrates this unabridged version of Feinstein’s latest baseball title. That’s almost 19 hours of listening to what sounds very much like a computer-generated voice. Which is a shame, because the book — which considers the approach to the game by two veteran pitchers (Tom Glavine and Mike Mussina) — albeit long and with […]
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Two Pitchers, Two Teams, One Season to Remember, by John Feinstein (Little, Brown and Company) John Feinstein’s latest tome considers two veteran major leaguers plying their craft during the 2007 season search of major milestones in the magnifying glass of the media frenzy that is New York. Tom Glavine won his 300th game with the […]
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From a more diverse post on Chapelhillnews.com: ‘Living on the Black’ ‘Two Pitchers, Two Teams, One Season to Remember”, $26.99 (Little Brown, 526 pp.), by John Feinstein Pitching is one of the most difficult jobs on the planet. So, pitching well is reserved for only an elite few athletes. John Feinstein’s “Living on the Black” […]
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Today’s Publisher’s Weekly ran this starred review of Feinstein’s latest: Though the season-long profile—in which a sportswriter follows a player, team or coach through a single season—grows increasingly familiar, this entry from Feinstein, one of the genre’s pioneers (Next Man Up: A Year Behind the Lines in Today’s NFL;The Punch: One Night, Two Lives, and […]
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The Conn. Post writer takes an awfully long time getting there, but this piece is ultimately about John Feinstein’s latest baseball book.
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