The Times of Trenton published this review of Jayson Stark’s new book about the World Championship Phils.
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From PhillyScout.com. And how nice is it that it;s reprinted on RaysScout.com, the “sister site” for the tampa bay (and World Series’ loser) Rays.
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Another former player turns (co)author in Phillies Confidential: The Untold Story of the 2008 Championship Season. (How anything of importance remains untold in this day and age is a mystery.) Matthews — not to be confused with teammate Gary “The Secretary of State” Maddox — was with the team from 1981-83, thereby missing the last [...]
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Your new baseball world champs. Look for a new title (at least) will be added to the existing Phillies’ bibliography in the months to come.
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I’m not pretending to be the most patriotic guy in the country, but there are some things that bug me: American flags that are displayed in states of disrepair, not taking your hat off for the National Anthem, and performers who use it as a personal platform for their ego. To me, it’s like a [...]
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One more reason that the current NY Times is not your granddaddy’s newspaper. The history of the World Series home run on TV (video).
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From NPR, this item about those stupid bets politicians make on their teams at World Series time.
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The baseball post-season takes a back seat to the NBA pre-season as the cover story. Tom Verducci writes the headliner about the Rays in the World Series, while Joe Sheehan of Baseball Prospectus gives the slight nod to Tampa to win in six. Meanwhile, back in Philly…
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The Numbers Guy column in the Oct. 21 The Wall Street Journal published this piece on the likelihood of Tampa fans winning a freebie from Taco Bell. All one of the players has to do during the entire World Series is steal a base. Doesn’t seem like that big a deal. Either Taco Bell is [...]
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So just who do those Brits think they are, printing a piece like “How Baseball Explains the U.S. Elections“? Somewhere I’m sure there’s an article about World Series winners as a predictor of the Presidential elections. Hmm, let’s see. Since the first World Series in 1903 (the Fall Classic wasn’t played in 1904), 25 have [...]
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Every now and again we have someone who brings up the question: Did Babe Ruth actually “call” his home run in the 1932 World Series against the Chicago Cubs? Many say no, some, like this gentleman, swear he did. Who’s to say? Grainy film of the event make it difficult to tell with absolute certainty. [...]
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From the Sports Locker blog.
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, by David Stinson
, by John Thorn.
, by Molly Lawless.
, by R.A. Dickey with Wayne Coffey.
, by Bud Harrelson with Phil Pepe
, by John Grisham
, by Bruce Spitzer
, edited by Rob Fleder
, by W.P. Kinsella
