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The Bookshelf Conversation #173: Ryan Lavarnway

December 26, 2023

Apologies, chaverim. If I had my act together, this would have been done before Channuka. Oh, well. You know what they say about the road to hell. Similarly, if I was still working in the Jewish media, this would have been a pretty major story. Ryan Lavarnway, a prototypical backup catcher, enjoyed a ten-year career […]

Tagged as: Israeli baseball, Ryan Lavarnway, World Baseball Classic

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Throwback Thursday (aka massive links dump, continued)

June 4, 2015

Since I posted the first of these on a Thursday, which is known on social media as a time of reflection, I thought to make it a regular thing under this rubric. These are kind of fun; it’s like a box of chocolates — you never know what you’re gonna get. (Actually, I never understood […]

Tagged as: baseball books, baseball statistics, Brad Ausmus, Gabe Kapler, George Case, Life Magazine, Mike Francesa, Phil Mushnick, sabermetrics Willie Mays, Shawn Green, Stan Musial, The Simpsons, Time Magazine, Washington Senators, World Baseball Classic

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