Bits and pieces

September 17, 2010

Rube Foster

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  • Spurred on by the hubbub around the 40th anniversary of Ball Four, Delia Cabe, who hosts the Creative Type blog at Boston.com, had this piece about the best baseball books, not just from her POV, but from those of local celebrities and others.
  • And as the Baseball Reliquary program heralding that anniversary beckons, look for more adulations like this one, from the Los Angeles Times.
  • The Paris (IL) Beacon-Journal ran this item about a A Harvest on Freedom’s Fields, Phil Dixon’s latest book on Negro League legend Rube Foster (right).
  • (By, the way, don’t you think all the noise about Derek Jeter is going to spark renewed interest in Jason Turbow’s Baseball Codes?
  • Our old friend James Bailey published this review on Timothy Gay’s Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert: The Wild Saga of Interracial Baseball Before Jackie Robinson.
  • The always-informative Baseball-Reference.com offers this review of Mint Condition, by David Jamieson.
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