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Veterans Day

A salute to our Veterans

November 11, 2010

As we observe Veterans Day, I just wanted to put give a  shout out to the men and women who have sacrificed in the service of their country. A sampling of the literature on the subject: Ted Williams at War An American Journey: My Life on the Field, in the Air, and on the Air, […]

Tagged as: Bobe Feller, Jerry Coleman, Korean War, Ted Williams, Veterans Day, World War II

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* For the boys: Remembering the players who served

November 11, 2009

Today is Veteran’s Day and I always like to give a shout-out to the men and women who served. So I thought it appropriate to take a look at a few of the recent books that consider the players — both famous and unheralded — who gave up so much during WW II. In a […]

Tagged as: Baseball in wartime, Ira Nerkow, Lou Brissie, Veterans Day, World War II

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* For the boys, part 2: An overview of service in World War II

November 11, 2009

Gary Bedingfield, a 46-year-old British citizen, hosts the excellent baseballinwartime.com, a site devoted to ballplayers who served during WW II. His new book, Baseball’s Dead of World War II: A Roster of Professional Players Who Died in Service, has recently been published by McFarland. In an e-mail interview, Bedingfield describes how he came to his […]

Tagged as: Baseball in wartime, Gary Bedingfield, Veterans Day, World War II

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* Thank you to all our veterans

November 11, 2008

There are several well-done books chronicling the contributions made by athletes to the military service of their country that I wanted to mention on this special day: Spartan Seasons: How Baseball Survived the Second World War, by Richard Goldstein (who writes such eloquent obituaries for The New York Times), (McMillan, 1980) They Also Served: Baseball […]

Tagged as: baseball and war, Veterans Day, World War II

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