Bits and Pieces, May 13, 2026

May 13, 2026 · 0 comments

Ball White Baseball Sport Icon Graphic by yellowhellow · Creative Fabrica“New Book … Brings St. Louis Baseball History Back to Life.” Said book is titled 50 Forgotten Cardinals and “uncovers the stories of players whose contributions to the St. Louis Cardinals have faded from mainstream memory—but remain essential to the rich fabric of the team’s history,” according to a press release. It seems to only be available in Kindle form.

Ball White Baseball Sport Icon Graphic by yellowhellow · Creative FabricaFrom MLB.com, this video: “Dusty Baker discusses his new book, Crossroads, with Brian Kenny.

Ball White Baseball Sport Icon Graphic by yellowhellow · Creative FabricaI love it when authors use baseball cards to tell their stories. This one is Whiz Kids to Today: Baseball Card History of the Fightin Phils, by Arthur Greenburg.

Ball White Baseball Sport Icon Graphic by yellowhellow · Creative FabricaThis article from Sports Illustrated — “The 10 Worst Contracts in Baseball Right Now” — could easily be turned into a book, covering that topic through the free agency decades.

Ball White Baseball Sport Icon Graphic by yellowhellow · Creative FabricaIt didn’t take long for someone to try to capitalize on the recent passing of legendary Yankees announcer John Sterling: IT IS HIGH, IT IS FAR, IT IS GONE! John Sterling, the Yankees and An Era Like No Other.

Ball White Baseball Sport Icon Graphic by yellowhellow · Creative FabricaIf you are a subscriber to Defector.com, “You Are Hereby Invited To Join The Universal Baseball Association” (or a least an online discussion) as part of the “Defector Reads a Book” series. As the novel was originally published 1968, I wonder about the “audience” for the book: Are they closer to my age, perhaps re-reading the classic? Or are they younger folk who might have a whole different take on the book’s themes? Back then, the idea of fantasy baseball was pretty much limited to “table top” simulations such as Strat-O-Matic, a way different experience from today’s players.

 

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Lest We Forget: Ted Turner and Bobby Cox

May 9, 2026 · 0 comments

Ted Turner was Braves' manager for a night during prolific media mogul career | SB NationTwo legends in Atlanta Braves history have passed away within days of each other.

Ted Turner, the irascible former owner of the team from 1976-2007, died May 6 at the age of 87. In addition to owning the team, Turner founded CNN and started the superstation TBS. (A personal note: when I was in grad school at Brooklyn College for TV/Radio arts, CNN was just starting to hire people. I could have gotten in on the ground floor, but at the time that meant moving to Atlanta which I was not in a position to do. I could have been Wolf Kaplan!)

Turner was a big player in the free agent market; he had pitcher Andy Messersmith wear a uniform that read “Channel” with the numeral 17 to “advertise his TV station but that was quashed by the president of the NL. Turner also tried to manage the team. He lasted one game, stepping in for Dave Bristol who had to that point — May 11, 1977 — had “led” the Braves to a record of 8-21, which included a 16-game losing streak. But because MLB rules prohibit anyone who owns stock in the team from serving as a field manager, Turner’s career ended with the 2-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Here’s his obituary from The New York Times. 

Bobby Cox, who led the team to NL dominance for more than a decade, died today (May 9) at the age of 84. Here’s his obit from The Athletic.

In the span of one week, Atlanta lost two giants. Ted Turner helped put this city on the global map, and Bobby Cox helped give it one of the greatest baseball dynasties

The Braves struggled mightily until he assumed the managerial reins in 1991, taking the Braves from worst to first, losing to the Minnesota Twins in what is considered one of the most exciting World Series. Under Cox’s guidance, the Braves appeared in the post-season every year (except for the strike year of 1994) until 2006. After four years out of the running, the Braves returned to the playoffs one more time before Cox stepped down following the 2010 campaign.

It was actually Cox’s second go-around with the Braves: he piloted the team from 1978-81 with little success before moving on to the Toronto Blue Jays from 1982-85, leading them to a first-place finished in his final term. The Jays lost to the KC Royals in the ALCS that year.

He finished his career with a record of 2,504-2,001, fourth on the all-time list behind Connie Mack, Tony LaRussa, and John McGraw. Cox was elected to the Hall of Fame by the Expansion Era committee in 2014. He had played briefly for the NY Yankees in 1968-69, batting .225 in 220 games.

Turner published his memoir, Call Me Ted, written with Bill Burke in 2009. Lang Whitaker released In the Time of Bobby Cox: The Atlanta Braves, Their Manager, My Couch, Two Decades, and Me in 2011.

 

Tagged as: Bobby Cox, Ted Turner

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Pop Quiz: When I say ____, what do you think of?

May 8, 2026 · 0 comments

Quiz quiz: How much do you know about quizzes?What is this?

Joe DiMaggio
Campanella
Brooklyn’s got a winning team
Mickey Mantle
California baseball

First one to get it right wins an autographed copy of 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read before They Die.

 

 

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Baseball Best-Sellers, May 8, 2026

May 8, 2026 · 0 comments

Amazon keeps changing the way they report, so that will be mirrored here. Sometimes there will be rankings of Kindle and audio-books on baseball, other times, not.

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 (see my piece on “Why Amazon’s search engine sucks“).

In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one by including a book in a category in which it should not be listed (in my opinion). For example, The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect has appeared on Amazon’s BBS list. “Why” is a good question. There might be a smattering of the national pastime in it, but not enough to make it a baseball book per se (again, IMO).

Finally, adults only here. That is, no books for younger readers (i.e., 12 and under). Also no “adult” adult books (romance/erotic fiction that features baseball as a theme although goodness knows there are a bunch of those out there).

So, with all that said…

The links under the authors’ names will take you to the Bookshelf Conversations I had with them. An asterisk denotes a book making its debut on the BBS list. And a “Ω” means it’s an award winner, almost always in the print version.

PRINT

  1. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, by Michael Lewis Ω
  2. The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II, by Anne R. Keene (my Bookshelf review here)
  3. The Bosses of the Bronx: The Endless Drama of the Yankees Under the House of Steinbrenner, by Mike Vaccaro
  4. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments, by Joe Posnanski Ω
  5. Banana Ball: The Unbelievably True Story of the Savannah Bananas, by Jesse Cole
  6. The Baseball 100, by Posnanski
  7. Unhittable: How Technology, Mavericks, and Innovators Engineered Baseball’s New Era of Pitching Dominance, by Rob Friedman
  8. The Science of Hitting, by Ted Williams and John Underwood
  9. Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People’s Team, by A.M. Glittzlitz
  10. Heads-Up Baseball : Playing the Game One Pitch at a Time, by Tom Hanson and Ken Ravizza 

KINDLE

  1. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball, by Keith O’Brien
  2. The Physics of Baseball: Third Edition, by Robert Adair
  3. Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball, by George F. Will
  4. Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and, “the Worst Baseball Team in History”—The 1973–1975 Texas Rangers, by Mike Shropshire
  5. The Bill James Guide to Baseball Managers, by Bill James
  6. Thurm: Memories of a Forever Yankee, by Thurman Munson with Marty Appel
  7. The Cincinnati Reds of the 1970s: A Dynasty for the Ages, by Bill Brown
  8. Late Innings, by Roger Angell
  9. It’s a Beautiful Day for Baseball: The National Pastime in the 1960s, by Doug Kurkul

AUDIO BOOKS

  1. Ball Four: The Final Pitch, by Jim Bouton (narrated by the author)
  2. So You Think You Know Baseball?: A Fan’s Guide to the Official Rules, by Peter Meltzer
  3. A Damn Near Perfect Game: Reclaiming America’s Pastime, by Joe Kelly with Rob Bradford
  4. The Bad Guys Won: A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo Chasing, and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails, the Kid, and the Rest of the 1986 Mets, the Rowdiest Team Ever to Put on a New York Uniform – and Maybe the Best, by Jeff Pearlman (narrated by the author)
  5. Mint Condition: How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession, by David Jamieson
  6. The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood, by Jane Leavy
  7. Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Life In the Minor Leagues of Baseball, by John Feinstein
  8. Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball’s Brightest Minds Created Sports’ Biggest Mess, by Evan Drellich
  9. Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig, by Jonathan Eig
  10. Smart Baseball: The Story Behind the Old Stats that are Ruining the Game, the New Ones that are Running it, and the Right Way to Think About Baseball, by Keith Law

Enough of a representation of Kindle and audio books to list them, even if they’re not an even ten. There were a lot more audio books in Amazon’s Top 100 baseball titles than usual. Same could be said for Ball Four, which pops up frequently.

Metropolitans and Bosses of the Bronx were a part of this feature review which appeared on Bookreporter.com recently.

Looking at the Bill James Guide to Baseball Managers, I am reminded of how quickly such topics can change. Dozens of new skippers have come and gone since this came out in 1997.

Still not in the Amazon top ten? 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read before They Die. FYI, as of this posting it ranks 2,299,452, in books overall; last time, 1,713,187.  Hank Greenberg in 1938: Hatred and Home Runs in the Shadow of War ranks 3,484,272;  last time, 3,170,197.

Shameless self-promotion: if you’re looking for some good baseball reading during this down time, why not pick up a copy of 501? It’s like the dictionary; it has the other books in it, which reminds me of one of my favorite lines from one of my favorite shows.

BUT…

Some exciting news (now we’ll see who’s paying attention and reading down this far).

Necessity is the mother of invention. Thanks to emergency surgery in which I said goodbye to a recalcitrant gallbladder, I have a couple off months for recuperation during which time I will be working on a revision of 501.

The new version will include all the original stuff but as you know if you’re a baseball reading fool, there have been a lot of great books published since 501 came out a dozen years ago. So since this isn’t a ranking where one title might be pushed off the list, the new material will appear as an added chapter.

A reminder: There’s an Excel “checklist” of the books list in 501. If you’re interested in keeping track of how many you have read or own, drop me a line.

If you have read either of my books, thanks, hope you enjoyed it, and please consider writing an Amazon review; it’s never too late.

 

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Throwback Thursday: Bartolo goes yard

May 8, 2026 · 0 comments

A day late. Oopsie.

If I had been on time, it would have marked the tenth anniversary of “one of the greatest moments in the history of baseball,” according to Mets announcer Gary Cohen.

Colon published his memoirs, Big Sexy: In His Own Words, in 2020, two years after he retired at the age of 45.

 

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Another reason why predictive baseball magazines can be useless

May 5, 2026 · 0 comments

It looks like Tigers ace Tarik Skubal will be out for a significant portion of the season.

This kind of renders the pre-season prognostications moot and is especially true when considering print publications.

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Skubal, along with the Pirates’ Paul Skenes, was the subject of a feature article in Athlon (“Pair of Aces: Tarik Skubal and Paul Skenes Are Dominating Their Respective Leagues”). The magazine picked the Tigers to finish first in the AL Central.

Sports Illustrated’s baseball preview issue also picked the Tigers for first.

In “Baseball’s Best: Value in Numbers,” Lindy’s listed as tops among pitchers overall, as well as #1 in “off-speed pitch” and “command” (and second in “arsenal”). They picked the Tigers for second in the Central and one of the wild cards.

Baseball Digest pegged the team for third in their division, with no wild card berth.

As of this posting, Detroit is tied with Cleveland for first place with 18-18 records. Big whoop.

 

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Lest We Forget: John Sterling

May 4, 2026 · 0 comments

Longtime New York Yankees play-by-play radio voice John Sterling has died, according to reports. He was 87. Full Details- https://www.wavy.com/news/national/john-sterling-longtime-yankees-radio-voice-dies-report/?utm_medium=social&utm_source ...The long-time voice of the New York Yankees died today (May 4) at the age of 87.

Sterling was famous for his home run calls — “It is high. It is far. It is…gone!” — along with pet names and phrases he employed such as, “All rise. Here comes the Judge.”

Here’s his obituary by Richard Sandomir in The New York Times. And another from NJ.com, along with this tribute. Since the announcement of his passing came just this morning, look for more commentary in the days to come.

I appreciate his place in Yankees narrative, but I always found his signature calls a bit schmaltzy. Maybe it’s the Mets fan in me. But I know most Yankee fans will long remember Sterling’s silver tones.

Given the number of books published by broadcasters, I was surprised that there has been nothing by or about John Sterling. I expect that will change in short order.

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Baseball Best-Sellers, May 1, 2026

May 1, 2026 · 0 comments

Amazon keeps changing the way they report, so that will be mirrored here. Sometimes there will be rankings of Kindle and audio-books on baseball, other times, not.

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 (see my piece on “Why Amazon’s search engine sucks“).

In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one by including a book in a category in which it should not be listed (in my opinion). For example, The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect has appeared on Amazon’s BBS list. “Why” is a good question. There might be a smattering of the national pastime in it, but not enough to make it a baseball book per se (again, IMO).

Finally, adults only here. That is, no books for younger readers (i.e., 12 and under). Also no “adult” adult books (romance/erotic fiction that features baseball as a theme although goodness knows there are a bunch of those out there).

So, with all that said…

The links under the authors’ names will take you to the Bookshelf Conversations I had with them. An asterisk denotes a book making its debut on the BBS list. And a “Ω” means it’s an award winner, almost always in the print version.

PRINT

  1. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, by Michael Lewis Ω
  2. Unhittable: How Technology, Mavericks, and Innovators Engineered Baseball’s New Era of Pitching Dominance, by Rob Friedman
  3. The Bosses of the Bronx: The Endless Drama of the Yankees Under the House of Steinbrenner, by Mike Vaccaro
  4. The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II, by Anne R. Keene (my Bookshelf review here)
  5. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments, by Joe Posnanski Ω
  6. The Baseball 100, by Posnanski
  7. Ball Four: The Final Pitch, by Jim Bouton
  8. Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People’s Team, by A.M., Glittzlitz
  9. The Science of Hitting, by Ted Williams and John Underwood
  10. The Ultimate New York Yankees Trivia Book: A Collection of Amazing Trivia Quizzes and Fun Facts for Die-Hard Yankees Fans!, by Ray Walker

KINDLE

  1. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City, by Jonathan Mahler
  2. The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America’s Pastime, by Jason Turbow
  3. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball, by Keith O’Brien
  4. Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball, by George F. Will
  5. The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams, by Adam Lazarus
  6. Baseball As It Was: Building Champions Before Free Agency Changed Everything, by John Ferling
  7. It’s a Beautiful Day for Baseball: The National Pastime in the 1960s, by Doug Kurkul
  8. I’m Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies: Inside the Game We All Love, by Tim Kurkjian

AUDIO BOOKS

  1. Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
  2. Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball’s Brightest Minds Created Sports’ Biggest Mess, by Evan Drellich
  3. The Boys of Summer, by Roger Kahn
  4. Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original, by Howard Bryant
  5. The Bad Guys Won: A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo Chasing, and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails, the Kid, and the Rest of the 1986 Mets, the Rowdiest Team Ever to Put on a New York Uniform – and Maybe the Best, by Jeff Pearlman (narrated by the author)
  6. 72 Stories: From the Baseball Collection of Geddy Lee, by Lee (narrated by the author)

FYI, for those who were concerned, I did get my Vermont Lake Monsters cap.

 

Enough of a representation of Kindle and audio books to list them, even if they’re not an even ten. There were a lot more audio books in Amazon’s Top 100 baseball titles than usual. Same could be said for Ball Four, which pops up frequently.

I noted in yesterday’s “Throwback Thursday” entry, Moneyball and The Science of Hitting are just as popular now as they were 10 years ago as evidenced by their inclusion yet again on the BBS list.

Still not in the Amazon top ten? 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read before They Die. FYI, as of this posting it ranks 1,713,187 in books overall; last time, 535,372.  Hank Greenberg in 1938: Hatred and Home Runs in the Shadow of War ranks 3,170,197;  last time, 2,504,441.

Shameless self-promotion: if you’re looking for some good baseball reading during this down time, why not pick up a copy of 501? It’s like the dictionary; it has the other books in it, which reminds me of one of my favorite lines from one of my favorite shows.

BUT…

Some exciting news (now we’ll see who’s paying attention and reading down this far).

Necessity is the mother of invention. Thanks to emergency surgery in which I said goodbye to a recalcitrant gallbladder, I have a couple off months for recuperation during which time I will be working on a revision of 501.

The new version will include all the original stuff but as you know if you’re a baseball reading fool, there have been a lot of great books published since 501 came out a dozen years ago. So since this isn’t a ranking where one title might be pushed off the list, the new material will appear as an added chapter.

A reminder: There’s an Excel “checklist” of the books list in 501. If you’re interested in keeping track of how many you have read or own, drop me a line.

If you have read either of my books, thanks, hope you enjoyed it, and please consider writing an Amazon review; it’s never too late.

 

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Throwback Thursday: Baseball Best-Sellers, April 29, 2016

April 30, 2026 · 0 comments

So these are the titles of print editions that made the BBS list just about ten years ago. In those days, I did not regularly include Kindle editions or audiobooks

You will notice two books that are still favorites today: Moneyball and The Science of Hitting.  I guess these would constitute “classics,” having stood the test of time.

Paperback Science of Hitting Book

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game - Wikipedia

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Bits and Pieces, April 29, 2026

April 29, 2026 · 0 comments

Ball White Baseball Sport Icon Graphic by yellowhellow · Creative FabricaSteve Kettman, a former Bookshelf Conversation guest, discusses his work on Dusty Baker’s new book, Crossroads: A Memoir in Baseball and Life (out June 9).

Ball White Baseball Sport Icon Graphic by yellowhellow · Creative FabricaA reminder: The National Baseball Poetry Festival will be held May 7-10 at Polar Park in Worcester, MA. I had a BC with Steve Biondilillo, founder of the Festival, earlier this month.

Ball White Baseball Sport Icon Graphic by yellowhellow · Creative FabricaI do not include baseball “romance novels” on this blog, but this caught my eye: “The White Sox held Windy City Series Night in honor of the popular sports-adjacent romantic novels of the same name by author Liz Tomforde, who just published a spinoff of the series titled “In Her Own League.”” (Photo by Jeremy Battle/Block Club Chicago)

 

Ball White Baseball Sport Icon Graphic by yellowhellow · Creative FabricaThe San Diego Union-Tribune posted this piece on Strasberg’s Baseball Klediment Tales, by Andy Strasberg. Cool cover, don’t you think?

 

Ball White Baseball Sport Icon Graphic by yellowhellow · Creative FabricaFrom the Beyond the Monster substack, a recent Pod by the River podcast “features a conversation with Michael Clair, author of We Sacrifice Everything to Baseball, a book that chronicles the unlikely rise of the Czech Republic’s national baseball team during the 2023 World Baseball Classic. The conversation quickly becomes a reflection on what baseball means when it exists outside the structure, money, and permanence of Major League Baseball.”

Ball White Baseball Sport Icon Graphic by yellowhellow · Creative FabricaThe Rhode Island Catholic posted this article on the documentary, Baseball: Beyond Belief. I still have to post my review.

 

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And the awards keep on coming

April 28, 2026 · 0 comments

Congrats to Sandy Koufax for winning Baseball Digest’s sixth annual Lifetime Achievement Award.

Baseball Digest Magazine - May /June 2026

The announcement appears in the May/June 2026 issue.

“The name Sandy Koufax has become a synonym for ‘great pitcher,'” according to Baseball Digest publisher David Fagley.

Koufax turned 90 this past December and still looks like he could toss an inning or two.

The Left Arm of God: Sandy Koufax was more than just a perfect pitcher

Previous recipients include Willie Mays, Vin Scully, Joe Torre, Dusty Baker, and Bob Costas. Is it just me or does there seem to be a bit of a California bias here?

 

 

Tagged as: Baseball Digest, Sandy Koufax

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The Nightstand Review

April 28, 2026 · 0 comments

I can’t remember where I first saw an article about nightstand books, but it made me stop and think.

At any one time, I am juggling my reading. Ninety percent is baseball, but you have to mix in other things just to spice it up.

This is what’s currently on my nightstand. I always try to read a little something before bed. Since new books are coming in all the time, some older titles get shunted off to the bottom or “worse,” off the nightstand altogether. Blame it on my short attention span.

Just a few observations:

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Bookshelf Reviews: NY-Centric 2026

2026 title

I reviewed four New York-themed baseball titles for Bookreporter.com last week, including: The Bosses of the Bronx: The Endless Drama of the Yankees Under the House of Steinbrenner by Mike Vaccaro Mickey & Billy: The Glory and Tragedy of a Yankee Friendship, by Tony Castro The Heyday of Willie, Buke and Mickey: New York City Baseball’s Golden […]

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Throwback Thursday: Vermont Baseball Redux

"Oddballs"

Wasn’t expecting to have more to say about Vermont baseball following Tuesday’s post but… We discovered a library on the Smugglers Notch premises, the type where guests “borrow” books and leave behind those they have finished while vacationing, rather than schlep them back home.                 I had read […]

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Rooting for clothes?

Commentary

Why do fans root for a specific team? Is it a generational thing? “My grandfather and father were Yankee fans, so that’s who I root for.” “My dad was a Yankees fan, so I root for the Mets, just to piss him off.” So if a team decides to change its look, would that make […]

Tagged as: Uniforms

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Baseball in Vermont

Because I can...

Because that’s where I am right now, on vacation. Spent the day in Stowe where we visited the Von Trapp Family Lodge. Attended a lecture about the family’s historic journey from Austria to America. Apparently the version we are familiar with from The Sound of Music isn’t wholly accurate (surprise, surprise). After the main presentation and […]

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Bits and Pieces, April 20, 2026

2026 title

Congratulations to Brad Smith whose novel, Bill Crawford’s Double Play, has been added to the 2026 long list for the annual Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. The list of 10 will be parried down to three, which will revealed in mid-May. The winner of the Medal and $25,000 prize will be celebrated at an annual […]

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Baseball Best-Sellers, April 17, 2026

2026 title

Amazon keeps changing the way they report, so that will be mirrored here. Sometimes there will be rankings of Kindle and audio-books on baseball, other times, not. 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 […]

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Mama, don’t let your babies grow up to be pro athletes

2026 title

A bit late in posting this but it’s still relevant, so… Excellent essay in the March 29 Op-Ed section of The New York Times by Devin Gordon, author of So Many Ways to Lose: The Amazin’ True Story of the New York Mets — the Best Worst Team in Sports and Bookshelf Conversation guest. “Help! […]

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Throwback Thursday: Two places at once? (1992)

Baseball movies

Mr. Baseball, a 1992 comedy starring Tom Selleck, was on recently so of course I watched it, even though I must have seen this “fish-out-of-water” film dozens of times. Similar to the saying about the game itself, whenever you watch, there’s always a chance that you’ll see something you never did before. And it’s true. […]

Tagged as: Japanese baseball, Mr. Baseball, Tom Selleck

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