Literary birthday greetings: Bobby Doerr and the Little Napoleon

April 7, 2011 · 2 comments

The players are, from lefty, Bobby Doerr, Dom DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky, and Ted Williams

The Red Sox Hall of Fame second baseman turns 93 today. As my people say, ken ahora. Doeer was a nine-time All Star and one of the subjects of the late Dave Halberstam’s 2003 bittersweet book, The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship.

Also born this date, John McGraw — the Billy Martin of his era — in 1873.

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1 Alec April 7, 2011 at 3:07 pm

How is Alexander’s McGraw; his book on Baseball in the Great Depression was surprisingly dry.

2 Anonymous April 7, 2011 at 3:26 pm

I haven’t read it, but I imagine his style would not be that much different from his other baseball titles.

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