A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish posting them). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast […]
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Hank Aaron,
Moneyball,
Ted Williams,
Tom Seaver
A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish posting them). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast […]
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Bank Greenberg,
Doc Gooden,
Joe Torre,
Moe Berg,
Ted Williams,
Tom Seaver,
Yogi Berra
The MLB Network has put together a bittersweet tribute to six Hall of Famers we lost this year. Highly recommended. (Phil Niekro’s passing must have been too recent to be included.) I know I should be surprised, but I was still shocked to see how much Tim McCarver has aged. Less so for Johnny Bench, […]
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Al Kaline,
Bob Gibson,
Joe Morgan,
Lou Brock,
Tom Seaver,
Whitey Ford
Note: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one […]
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Baseball Cards,
David Wright,
Los Angeles Dodgers,
Ted Williams,
Tom Seaver
We lost another Hall of Famer with the passing of Lou Brock. In addition to being the stolen base king before Rickey Henderson took the title, Brock was involved in what has usually been considered one of the top ten controversial trades of all time, coming over from the Chicago Cubs for Ernie Broglio. Here […]
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Lou Brock,
Tom Seaver
Note: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one […]
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Art Shamsky,
Jackie Robinson,
Michael Lewis,
Moneyball,
New York Mets,
Pat Jordan,
Ted Williams,
Tom Seaver
This time, it’s personal. For many Mets fans of a certain age, Tom Seaver, who died earlier this week at the age of 75, was indeed “The Franchise.” If any one player deserves credit for reversing the fortunes of a team it was George Thomas Seaver, who turned loveable losers into World Champions. They say […]
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Bruce Weber,
New York Mets,
Tom Seaver
It’s becoming almost a bittersweet habit talking with Erik Sherman. On the one hand, it’s great reliving past glories of my favorite team. On the other, it’s sad to see the heroes of my youth aging and even dying. It reminds me of my own mortality and who the hell wants that? Last time it was Kings of Queens: […]
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Art Shamsky,
Erik Sherman,
Maury Allen,
New York Mets,
Tom Seaver,
World Series
The news that Tom Seaver is suffering with dementia reminded me of the handful of books about someone who bears the nickname “The Franchise.” There’s Steve Travers’ 2011 publication The Last Icon: Tom Seaver and His Times; Tom Seaver: An Intimate Portrait, by John Devaney (1974); and Seaver, by Gene Schoor (1986), but that’s pretty […]
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New York Mets,
Tom Seaver
But I don’t know how to classify this bit of uber-trivia from Numbers Don’t Lie: Mets: The Biggest Numbers in Mets History, by Ross Cohen with Adam Raider. The chapter for “10” features Tom Seaver’s 10 consecutive strikeouts against the visiting San Diego Padres on April 22, 1970 and comes with this fun fact: Seaver […]
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New York Mets,
Tom Seaver
As many of you know, I serve as editor of the SABR Bibliography Committee quarterly newsletter. The most recent issues (Nov. 2011), features reviews on Under Pallor, Under Shadow: The 1920 American League Pennant Race That Rattled and Rebuilt Baseball, by Bill Felber; 1921: The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in […]
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Fear Strikes Out,
Jimmy Piersall,
Kathleen Sullivan,
Society for American Baseball Research,
Tom Seaver,
Women Characters In Baseball Literature: A Critical Study
Tom Seaver and His Times, by Steven Travers. Taylor Trade, 2011. I have very mixed feelings about this latest effort by Travers (A Tale of Three Cities: The 1962 Baseball Season in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco; The 1969 Miracle Mets: The Improbable Story of the World’s Greatest Underdog Team; and Dodgers Past […]
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Tom Seaver
Also known by Mets fans as The Franchise, Tom Seaver turns 66 today. This is one of the “heroes” of my youth and an education that regardless of your perceived value, an athlete is basically a commodity, to be bought, sold, traded, discarded (although that term seems a bit harsh). After expressing dissatisfaction with the […]
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Mitch Williams,
New York Times,
Tom Seaver